Cooper v. Cooper
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 25, March T., 1915, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Montour Co., Jan. T., 1913, No. 10, for defendant n. o. v. in case of Henry Cooper v. Ida R. Cooper, Executrix of William Y. Cooper, deceased. Assumpsit on a promissory note.
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Appeal, No. 25, March T., 1915, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Montour Co., Jan. T., 1913, No. 10, for defendant n. o. v. in case of Henry Cooper v. Ida R. Cooper, Executrix of William Y. Cooper, deceased. Assumpsit on a promissory note. Before Evans, P. J. The note in suit was as follows: $1,000.00. April 1, 1908. One year after date I promise to pay to the order of Henry Cooper one thousand dollars without defalcation, for value received, with interest at 4 per cent, per annum and further I do hereby authorize and empower any attorney of any court of record of Pennsylvania or…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Trexler, J.,
Henry Cooper held a note against his son, William V. Cooper, for $1,000, dated April 1, 1908. Payments of interest were endorsed on the note, the last being April 1, 1911, $40.00. William V. Cooper, the maker of the note, is dead and the payee has brought suit against his executrix. At the trial she offered in evidence, a receipt, as follows, “April 1, 1911. Received from W. V. Cooper, two hundred and twenty dollars, $220, in full (signed) *393Henry Cooper.” “At the trial, on the part of the plaintiff, it was claimed that the father, Henry Cooper, was making his home with…
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