DeRoy v. Richards
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 183, April T., 1898, by-defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co,, Dec. T., 1896, No. 873, on verdict for plaintiff. Trespass.
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Appeal, No. 183, April T., 1898, by-defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co,, Dec. T., 1896, No. 873, on verdict for plaintiff. Trespass. Before Stowe, P. J. It appears from the evidence that the National Bank of North America, of New York city, before maturity, in the usual course of business, discounted a promissory note made by E. De Roy, Tr., for $220.40. Judgment was obtained upon this note, execution issued, and defendant levied upon certain goods in a store in Pittsburg. Thereupon plaintiff, DeRoy’s wife, gave notice that the goods belonged to herself and her children.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Smith, J.,
Specifications 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9, are not in accordance with our rules of court. The first raises an objection to alleged secondary evidence, and to the inadequacy of the preliminary proofs to warrant its admission. Even if error to the introductory and the secondary evidence could properly be assigned in one specification, the testimony referred to nowhere appears in the assignment, nor is the name of a witness who testified on the subject or the page of the paper-book given. The second and third specifications are also defective in this respect; not giving the…
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