Harmony Creamery Co. v. Bickerton
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 85, April T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1912, No. 913, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Harmony Creamery Company v. Thomas S. Bickerton, impleaded with M. H. Hoting. Assumpsit on a promissory note.
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Appeal, No. 85, April T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1912, No. 913, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Harmony Creamery Company v. Thomas S. Bickerton, impleaded with M. H. Hoting. Assumpsit on a promissory note. Before MacearLANE, J. At the trial it appeared that the note in suit was as follows: “$1,000. Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 11, 1911. “Sixty days after date we promise to pay to the order of ourselves One Thousand Dollars at 1410 Berger Bldg., Pittsburg, Pa., without defalcation for value received, with interest. “M. H. Hoting, “Thomas S. Bickerton.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Trexler, J.,
This is a suit on a promissory note. Two questions are involved. The first is, was there a consideration for the giving of the note? The Harmony Creamery Company had a judgment of $4,200 against the Knickerbocker Ice Co. Locke, the attorney for the creamery company, had instructions to issue execution on the judgment. The defendants gave four notes, each of $1,000 to the creamery company as security for the judgment. The consideration for the giving of the notes according to plaintiff’s theory was the agreement on the part of Mr. Locke, acting for the creamery company,…
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