Bolz v. Stuhl
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 56, Nov. T., 1898, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., Dec T., 1893, No. , on verdict for plaintiff. Assumpsit on surety bond. Before Willson, J. The plaintiffs were trustees of an unincorporated association in the nature of a saving fund society having for its object the provision for sickness, want and death of its members. The defendant Joseph Stuhl was treasurer from 1870 to 1893, having been reelected annually.
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Appeal, No. 56, Nov. T., 1898, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., Dec T., 1893, No. , on verdict for plaintiff. Assumpsit on surety bond. Before Willson, J. The plaintiffs were trustees of an unincorporated association in the nature of a saving fund society having for its object the provision for sickness, want and death of its members. The defendant Joseph Stuhl was treasurer from 1870 to 1893, having been reelected annually. Defendants submitted, inter alia, the following point: 1. If the jury find from the evidence that at the time this bond was taken, the treasurer…
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Reeder, J.,
At the time this bond was given, Joseph Stuhl was treasurer of the plaintiff association and Joseph Hart and George Killian were his sureties upon this, his official bond. The plaintiffs are trustees of a benevolent association in the nature of a saving fund society; Stuhl, as treasurer, was, according to the books of the society, indebted in December, 1892, in the sum of about $2,000 to the society. Part of this money consisted of five shares of the Girard Building Association. It was ascertained upon an examination by the trustees that the stock was not in the building…
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