Geist v. Stier
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
No. 94 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 777 March Term 1887, C. P. No. 1. On April 14, 1887, J. G. Geist brought assumpsit against Charles Stier upon two promissory note.s made by defendant to the order of the plaintiff, one of them dated October 25, 1880, for #550, at one year, and the other dated October 30, 1880, for $250, at six months, both of them with interest. The defendant pleaded non-assumpsit.
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No. 94 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 777 March Term 1887, C. P. No. 1. On April 14, 1887, J. G. Geist brought assumpsit against Charles Stier upon two promissory note.s made by defendant to the order of the plaintiff, one of them dated October 25, 1880, for #550, at one year, and the other dated October 30, 1880, for $250, at six months, both of them with interest. The defendant pleaded non-assumpsit. At the trial on November 14, 1888, the plaintiff put in evidence the notes in suit, the defendant’s signatures thereto being admitted. Thereupon, the defendant was called as a…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Me. Justice Stebeett :
This suit was brought to recover the amount of two promissory notes made by defendant to the order of plaintiff, one for 1550, at one year from October 25, 1880, and the other for $250, at six months from October 30, 1880, both with interest. The making and delivery of the notes being admitted by de*223fendant, they were put in evidence by the plaintiff, and thus a clear prima facie case in his favor was made out.
In substance, the defence was that the notes were given for a certain business, stock, and fixtures sold by plaintiff to defendant, the principal value of…
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