Stockdale v. Keyes Bros.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 2, of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term 1875, No. 82. This was an action of assumpsit commenced March 16th 1872, by Jackman T. Stockdale, trustee of Pittsburg Savings Bank, against William Keyes and Joseph Keyes, trading as Keyes Brothers. The cause of action was the following note: — • “$7500.00. Pittsburg, September 25th 1871. Four months after date I promise to pay to the order of Messrs.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 2, of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term 1875, No. 82. This was an action of assumpsit commenced March 16th 1872, by Jackman T. Stockdale, trustee of Pittsburg Savings Bank, against William Keyes and Joseph Keyes, trading as Keyes Brothers. The cause of action was the following note: — • “$7500.00. Pittsburg, September 25th 1871. Four months after date I promise to pay to the order of Messrs. Keyes Brothers seven thousand five hundred j$¡ dollars, payable at Pittsburg Savings Bank, without defalcation, value received. F. A. Dilworth, Per…
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment was entered in the Supreme Court, October 14th 1875,
2Per curiam
We think there was error in the rejection of the evidence contained in the first four. assignments of error. But these errors were not substantial, having become immaterial in the *257actual state of tbe case; for, supposing tbe evidence to be before the jury, the court would have been compelled to instruct them, that the relation of F. A. Dilworth as a partner in this private banking concern, and necessarily an interested plaintiff, would prevent the bank from being a bond, fide holder, protected against the improper use of the $8000…
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