Perkins v. Humes
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 147, Jan. T., 1901, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Crawford Co., Sept. T., 1900, No. 116, on verdict for plaintiff in case of C. D. Perkins v. Porter C. Plumes, Executor of Sythera B. Humes, Deceased. Assumpsit on two sealed promissory notes. . At the trial plaintiff’s counsel offered in evidence statement of claim filed in this case, showing the statement of claim and copy of the notes on which this suit is brought.
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Appeal, No. 147, Jan. T., 1901, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Crawford Co., Sept. T., 1900, No. 116, on verdict for plaintiff in case of C. D. Perkins v. Porter C. Plumes, Executor of Sythera B. Humes, Deceased. Assumpsit on two sealed promissory notes. . At the trial plaintiff’s counsel offered in evidence statement of claim filed in this case, showing the statement of claim and copy of the notes on which this suit is brought. Defendant’s counsel: For what purpose ? Plaintiff’s counsel: For the purpose of proving the execution of the instruments. Defendant’s counsel object to that as…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Bbown,
There was no allegation by the appellant of any fraud on the part of the appellee in connection with the execution and delivery of the notes upon which this suit was brought, and there was no evidence to cast suspicion upon his conduct in procuring them. Whether they were given for loans made at the time of their execution, or in renewal of others that had been so given, made no «difference in the liability of the estate of the deceased to pay them; and the offers which are the subject of the second and third assignments, to show the pecuniary circumstances of the…
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