Glessner v. Patterson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 400, Jan. T., 1894, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. York Co., Jan. T., 1891, No. 10, on verdict for plaintiff. Assumpsit for money loaned. Appeal from arbitrators. At the trial it appeared that plaintiff claimed to recover $12,290 alleged to have been loaned at various times to Wm. E. Patterson, deceased, during his lifetime.
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Appeal, No. 400, Jan. T., 1894, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. York Co., Jan. T., 1891, No. 10, on verdict for plaintiff. Assumpsit for money loaned. Appeal from arbitrators. At the trial it appeared that plaintiff claimed to recover $12,290 alleged to have been loaned at various times to Wm. E. Patterson, deceased, during his lifetime. When James E. Glessner, a witness for plaintiff, was on the stand, defendant made the following offer on cross-examination : The witness having already testified that plaintiff exhibited to him on a number of occasions the $5,000 note spoken of in…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb,. Justice Fell,
The plaintiff’s claim was against the estate of a decedent for money loaned at different times extending over a period of five years, for which she had no written obligation, and for the greater part of Avhich it was conceded that none had ever been given. These alleged loans amounted to over $12,000. The first loan of $5,000 it was claimed had been made in 1885, and the others at different times betAveen then and 1890. It was averred that a judgment note had been given for the loan of $5,000, and that it had been surrendered to the decedent in 1890 in order that a…
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