Simrell v. Miller
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 424, Jan. T., 1894, by Francis Miller, Exr. of the last will and testament of Phoebe Ann Simrell, deceased, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Nov. T., 1890, No 207, on verdict for plaintiff. Before Assumpsit for money loaned to decedent.
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Appeal, No. 424, Jan. T., 1894, by Francis Miller, Exr. of the last will and testament of Phoebe Ann Simrell, deceased, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Nov. T., 1890, No 207, on verdict for plaintiff. Before Assumpsit for money loaned to decedent. Before Arch-bald, P. J. At the trial it appeared that plaintiff was decedent’s son; that this action was brought against her executor to recover money loaned sometime between the years 1860 and 1865. To remove the bar of the statute of limitations, B. P. Lowry was called as a witness for the plaintiff. His testimony was objected to, the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mitchell,
The learned judge instructed the jury that the plaintiff must recover, if at all, on the testimony of Lowry and Harvey, the other witnesses being “ in a measure corroborative,” but not sufficient to make out the case if those two did not do so.
Lowry testifies positively to the promise to pay, “ she promised that she would give Byron the money that fall,” but he does not identify the debt. He not only fails, but distinctly declines to say how much it was, but says the plaintiff went and got a paper, and his mother said “ the money that was on the paper was all…
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