Califf v. First National Bank
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 208, Oct. T., 1907, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Bradford Co., Feb. T., 1907, No. 183, on verdict for plaintiff in case of John N. Califf v. The First National Bank of Towanda. . Assumpsit to recover the amount of a check. Before Fanning, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $383.89. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in refusing binding instructions for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
Some time prior to April 6, 1901, one M. C. Decker applied to the plaintiff, who is an attorney at law, for a loan to Mrs. Matilda Brown, the mother-in-law of Decker. Decker was a minister of the gospel and the evidence in this case established nothing which ought to have aroused the suspicion of the plaintiff as to the regularity of the transaction. Being satisfied as to the sufficiency of the land owned by Mrs. Brown, as a security, the plaintiff acting for Mrs. Emily L. Rice, a client, arranged to make the loan taking as security therefor a note with the warrant of…
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