Bank v. Donaldson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In error from the Common Pleas of Union county. July 8. William Donaldson and Anna Maria, his wife, against the West Branch Bank and the Bank of Pennsylvania.
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In error from the Common Pleas of Union county. July 8. William Donaldson and Anna Maria, his wife, against the West Branch Bank and the Bank of Pennsylvania. This was an issue directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Union county; and the question to be settled under it was, 'whether the legacy claimed by the plaintiff, under the will of John Cowden, were paid, or whether the executor, John H. Cowden, had been guilty of a devastavit, to which William Donaldson, now seeking to recover the legacy, was a party. The facts of the case are these: John Cowden, in his late will, dated the 1st day of…
1Per curiam
The first bill of exceptions to evidence is not sustained. The witness Forsyth, called by the defendants, testified that he had had a conversation with Cowden on a particular occasion, and the plaintiffs were allowed to extract from him all that was said. This they had a right to do.
The second exception is not sustained. The rejected paper was-any thing but official. It appeared on inspection to be merely a list of names intended for a precipe, and made by counsel for private use. It proved nothing, and it did not satisfactorily appear how it was procured.
The third bill is not sustained. The…
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