Hill v. Nation Trust Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 2, of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term, 1884, No. 180. Assumpsit, by Joseph Hill against Charles PI. Armstrong et al., doing business as the Nation Trust Company, to recover the amount of a certified check, of which the following is a copy:— Good T. D. Blair, A. teller.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 2, of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term, 1884, No. 180. Assumpsit, by Joseph Hill against Charles PI. Armstrong et al., doing business as the Nation Trust Company, to recover the amount of a certified check, of which the following is a copy:— Good T. D. Blair, A. teller. Pittsburgh, Sept. 1, 1873. Nation Trust Company : Pay to Michael O’Hara or order twenty-four hundred and forty dollars ($2440). [Indorsed) Michael O’PIara. Michael O’Hara. The death of plaintiff having been suggested, Annie D. Hill, his administratrix, was substituted as…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sterrett
In our practice, a peremptory nonsuit is in the nature of a judgment for defendant on demurrer to evidence ; and hence, in testing the validity of such nonsuit, the plaintiff is entitled to the benefit of every inference of fact which might have been fairly drawn by the jury from the evidence before them: Maynes v. Atwater, 7 Norris, 496. It is immaterial that the evidence in support of- a plaintiff’s claim may be very slight, provided it amounts to more than a mere scintilla. If there is any evidence which alone would justify an inference of the disputed facts on which his right to recover…
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