Leitch v. Diamond National Bank
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 234, Oct. T., 1911, by defendants from, decree of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1910, No. 445, on bill in equity in case of Robert H. Leitch, Executor of the Estate of Isabella Arnold, deceased, v. Diamond National Bank of Pittsburgh, et al.
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Appeal, No. 234, Oct. T., 1911, by defendants from, decree of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1910, No. 445, on bill in equity in case of Robert H. Leitch, Executor of the Estate of Isabella Arnold, deceased, v. Diamond National Bank of Pittsburgh, et al. This was a bill in equity filed by Robert H. Leitch, executor of the estate of Isabella Arnold, deceased, against The Diamond National Bank of Pittsburgh, Pa., Robert J. Cleland, William C. Cleland, Thomas A. Cleland, James T. Arnold, and Robert J. Cleland, attorney in fact for James T. Arnold, The purpose of the bill was to obtain…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potter,
Forty-five assignments of error are here filed, but they actually raise but three questions: First, whether there was a gift of bonds by James T. Arnold to his wife, perfected by delivery; Second, whether Eobert H. Leitch, upon whose testimony plaintiff’s case largely depended, was a competent witness, and Third, whether evidence of declarations by James T. Arnold that he had given the bonds to his wife, or was purchasing them for her, was admissible. The learned judge of the court below made full and complete findings of fact, and stated clearly his conclusions…
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