Commonwealth v. Grossman
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 114, Oct. T., 1914, from order of O. P. Allegheny Co., Oct. T., 1913, D. S. B., No. 788, discharging rule to strike off judgment in case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Isadore S. Grossman and Joseph H. Reich. Rule to strike off judgment entered on bond given in pursuance of Act of Juné 19, 1911, P. L. 1060. Before Shafer, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The lower court discharged the rule to strike off the judgment.
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Appeal, No. 114, Oct. T., 1914, from order of O. P. Allegheny Co., Oct. T., 1913, D. S. B., No. 788, discharging rule to strike off judgment in case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Isadore S. Grossman and Joseph H. Reich. Rule to strike off judgment entered on bond given in pursuance of Act of Juné 19, 1911, P. L. 1060. Before Shafer, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The lower court discharged the rule to strike off the judgment. Defendants appealed. Error assigned, among others, was in discharging the rule to strike off judgment.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Mestrezat,
Lewis Amshel, doing business as Victor Banking Company, with Grossman and Reich, the appellants, as sureties, gave a bond to the Commonwealth with warrant of attorney to confess judgment in the sum of $15,000, conditioned that if a license was granted Amshel by the proper State authorities to engage in the business of receiving deposits of money for safe keeping or for the purpose of transmission to another, or for any other purpose, he would faithfully hold, repay and transmit all money deposited with him, “and in the event of the insolvency or bankruptcy of…
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