Brown v. Schock
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Schuylkill county: No. 198, to January Term 1874. This was an action of assumpsit, brought to June Term 1869, of the court below, by Wesley Brown against Adam Schock.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Schuylkill county: No. 198, to January Term 1874. This was an action of assumpsit, brought to June Term 1869, of the court below, by Wesley Brown against Adam Schock. The plaintiff sued as endorsee of the following note: “ $125.00. Schuylkill Tp., Sept. 4th 1867. Six months after date, I promise to pay E. D. Simpson, or order, $125, for value received, with interest, waiving the right of all valuation, appraisement, stay and exemption laws. Given for Geo. W. Benton’s Patent Washing-Machine, township Schuylkill. Adam Sci-iook.” Endorsed: “E. D. Simpson.”…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Agnew
The question in the court below was upon the competency of the evidence contained in the bill of exceptions. Was Brown, the plaintiff, the same person as the man called Brown, who accompanied Simpson in his rounds while perpetrating a series of frauds upon citizens of Schuylkill county ? This was a question of fact for the jury, and might be proved by circumstances, just as in any other question of identity. The.rules of evidence are the same in criminal and civil cases when they pertain to questions which must be the same in their nature. Whether a particular man perpetrated a fraud or a…
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