Appeal of Given
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
FROM THE DECREE OE THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS NO. 4 OE PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 290 January Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 606 June Term 1882, C. P. No. 4. In September, 1887, Amanda M. Given filed a bill in equity against Howard R. Kern, which in substance averred: That on August 28,1882, George A'. Tomlinson, the son-in-law of the complainant, was arrested upon a warrant issued upon the complaint of Howard R. Kern, charging him with the uttering of a promissory note…
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FROM THE DECREE OE THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS NO. 4 OE PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 290 January Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 606 June Term 1882, C. P. No. 4. In September, 1887, Amanda M. Given filed a bill in equity against Howard R. Kern, which in substance averred: That on August 28,1882, George A'. Tomlinson, the son-in-law of the complainant, was arrested upon a warrant issued upon the complaint of Howard R. Kern, charging him with the uttering of a promissory note for fl,500, dated June 7, 1882, at two months, purporting to be fnade to the order of the complainant and by her…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Clark:
On the 28th August, 1882, Amanda M. Given executed and delivered to Howard R. Kern a bond bearing that date, in the sum of $1,400. A warrant of attorney was annexed to the obligation, under which on 31st August judgment was confessed in the Court of Common Pleas No. 4, of Philadelphia, to No. 606, June Term, 1882. No further proceedings appear to have been taken thereon, until in July or August, 1887, when an attempt was made to revive the judgment, and thereupon this bill was filed. The bill, after stating the circumstances under which the bond was executed, sets…
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