Brown v. Sloan
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the common pleas of Armstrong county. Robert Brown, Sen., against Walter Sloan. Appeal from the judgment of a justice, in which among others, the following count was filed.
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ERROR to the common pleas of Armstrong county. Robert Brown, Sen., against Walter Sloan. Appeal from the judgment of a justice, in which among others, the following count was filed. And whereas, also the said James Sloan, the 23d day of December 1812, at Armstrong county, aforesaid, did draw his certain note in writing, called a promissory note, under his hand and seal, bearing date the same day and year, and that note unto the same Robert Brown, Sen., did deliver; by which said note, th$ said James Sloan did promise, “ three months after the date thereof, to pay Robert Brown thirty-two…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court xvas delivered by
Rogers, J.
This case comes before the court on an exception to evidence, and I feel at a loss to discover, xxpon what principle the testimony was excluded. The evidence offered, tended to prove the second count in the declaration, and for this reason, if there xvas none other, it shoxxld have been received. It shows an assumpsit on the part of the defendant to pay the debt of another, on a valuable consideration. It cannot be doubted, that the plaintiff had sxxcli an ixxterest in the estate, in consequence of the attachment, xvhich he had levied on the…
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