Raymond v. Leishman
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 145, Oct. T., 1913, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., April T., 1913, No. 1238, dissolving attachment in case of Harry Raymond* George M. Pynchon, Charles M. Eaton, and Clarence L. Graff, partners trading as Raymond, Pynchon & Company, v. John G. A. Leishman, and Union Trust Company, Union Trust Company, Trustee, and Mellon National Bank, Garnishees. Action of foreign attachment and assumpsit.
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Appeal, No. 145, Oct. T., 1913, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., April T., 1913, No. 1238, dissolving attachment in case of Harry Raymond* George M. Pynchon, Charles M. Eaton, and Clarence L. Graff, partners trading as Raymond, Pynchon & Company, v. John G. A. Leishman, and Union Trust Company, Union Trust Company, Trustee, and Mellon National Bank, Garnishees. Action of foreign attachment and assumpsit. Before Macfablane, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. A rule was entered to show cause why the writ of attachment should not be quashed and the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Mesteezat,
The plaintiffs are engaged in business as bankers and brokers in the cities of New York, Paris and London. They brought this action of foreign attachment in assumpsit against John G. A. Leishman to recover $70,-010.95 which they alleged to be a balance due them on account of the purchase and sale for him in the City of London, in the latter part of the year 1912, of certain stocks, bonds and securities. The defendant caused an appearance de bene esse to be entered, and on March 15, *671913, presented a petition to the court below averring that he is a citizen…
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