Jennings, Friedman & Stevens ex rel. Mercantile Trust Co. v. Loeffler
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 180, Oct. T., 1897, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., Sept. T., 1893, No. 415, dismissing billin equity. Bill in equity for an account.
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Appeal, No. 180, Oct. T., 1897, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., Sept. T., 1893, No. 415, dismissing billin equity. Bill in equity for an account. Collier, P. J., found the facts to be as follows : On August 1, 1891, William Loeffler, the defendant, entered of record in the prothonotary’s office of this county, at No. 84, October term, 1891, D. S. B., a judgment note against William E. Schmertz, for the sum of $100,000. On August 7, 1891, execution was issued on this judgment, and a large amount of the personal property of Schmertz was levied upon and sold, the amount…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Chief Justice Sterrktt,
The genera] subject of contention presented by the amended bill, etc., in this case, is whether the defendant, William Loeffler, is entitled to retain twenty-five thousand ($25,000) dollars on account of the two hundred and fifty shares of Standard Plate Glass Company stock loaned by him to William E. Schmertz and not returned. The court below held that he was, and accordingly dismissed the bill at plaintiff’s costs.
The decree might well be affirmed on the learned trial judge’s concise and accurate findings of the controlling facts, in connection with the…
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