Duquesne Bond Corp. v. American Surety Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 275, Jan. T., 1919, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lebanon Co., Sept. T., 1917, No. 151, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Duquesne Bond Corporation v. American Surety Company of New York. Sheriff’s interpleader to determine ownership of stock of a corporation. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for the shares of stock in question. Defendant appealed. Error assigned, amongst others, was in not entering judgment for defendant n. o. v.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Moschzisker,
In 1917, the American Surety Company of New York, defendant and appellant in the present suit, obtained a judgment against the Ephrata & Lebanon Street Railway Company, as garnishee; this was entered in a pro*206ceeding whose object was to attach certain shares of the railway company’s stock, standing on its books in the name of Joseph A. Vandegrift, a debtor of the surety company and defendant in that action; following the judgment, bail for appeal was fixed at $50,000; and, the garnishee not being able to secure a bond in such an amount, it, together with the…
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