Hughes v. First National Bank
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Greene county: Of October Term 1884, No. 27. Assumpsit by Charles Hughes, guardian of Elizabeth Bell, against the First National Bank of Waynesburg, to recover the sum of $2,40(1 with interest from January 1st, 1876. Pleas, non assumpsit, non assumpsit infra sex annos, payment with leave, etc. » On the trial, before Willson, P. J.,.the following facts appeared : On September 27th, 1865, John Bell, the father of Elizabeth Bell, placed…
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Greene county: Of October Term 1884, No. 27. Assumpsit by Charles Hughes, guardian of Elizabeth Bell, against the First National Bank of Waynesburg, to recover the sum of $2,40(1 with interest from January 1st, 1876. Pleas, non assumpsit, non assumpsit infra sex annos, payment with leave, etc. » On the trial, before Willson, P. J.,.the following facts appeared : On September 27th, 1865, John Bell, the father of Elizabeth Bell, placed certain United States 7-30 government bonds to the amount of $11,400 in the First National Bank of Waynesburg and received…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
The single question presented by this record is whether the learned judge of the court below was correct in holding that the plaintiff’s claim was barred by the Statute of Limitations. The action was assumpsit, and to the defendant’s plea of non assumpsit infra sex annos the plaintiff replied specially that the defendant bank, in violation of the trust and confidence reposed in it, had converted and did convert certain bonds to the amount of $2,400 to its own use, and fraudulently and deceitfully neglected and refused to give information thereof, and kept the.plaintiff entirely ignorant…
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