Shaeffer v. Hoffman
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas, of Northumberland county: Of January Term, 1886, No. 15. Assumpsit brought February 16th, 1882, by Samuel Shaeffer against H. Weist and D. Weist, partners trading as II. & D. Weist, and Jacob Hoffman, on a promissory note dated April 1st, 1871, for $1000 payable one year after date, drawn to the order of the plaintiff by the defendants. Summons served on Jacob Hoffman; nihil as to the other defendants.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas, of Northumberland county: Of January Term, 1886, No. 15. Assumpsit brought February 16th, 1882, by Samuel Shaeffer against H. Weist and D. Weist, partners trading as II. & D. Weist, and Jacob Hoffman, on a promissory note dated April 1st, 1871, for $1000 payable one year after date, drawn to the order of the plaintiff by the defendants. Summons served on Jacob Hoffman; nihil as to the other defendants. Pleas, non assumpsit, infra sex annos, payment with leave. Pending the action Jacob Hoffman died, and bis executors were substituted of record. Tlie…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
*5Whether the rejection of the plaintiff’s deposition was erroneous or otherwise is not a material question in this case. There was nothing in the deposition to take the note in controversy out of the statute; hence its rejection did the plaintiff no harm. The following is the material part of the deposition : “Witness says: four years after the date of the note, he showed note to Jacob Hoffman, and twice since; he said each time, this note had to be fixed, and on one of these times he said he and William had to pay it. About two years after he had showed Jacob Hoffman the note the first time,…
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