Ritter v. Singmaster
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh county: Of January Term 1873, No. 192. This was an action of assumpsit, commenced January 24th' 1871, by James Singmaster and others, trading as the Millerstown Savings Bank, against John M. Ritter and Peter Marck.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh county: Of January Term 1873, No. 192. This was an action of assumpsit, commenced January 24th' 1871, by James Singmaster and others, trading as the Millerstown Savings Bank, against John M. Ritter and Peter Marck. The plaintiffs filed a declaration, averring that Erwin Burkhalter, on the 20th of September 1870, made a promissory-note for $1000, payable to the order of the defendants, at the Millerstown Savings Bank, in ninety days, and the defendants endorsed it to the plaintiffs ; that the note was not paid at maturity, and that the defendants…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, May 17th 1873, by
Read, C. J.
The plaintiffs, who are partners, trading under the name of The Millerstown Savings Bank, are engaged in the banking business in the Borough of Millerstown, in Lehigh county. On the 9th of April 1870, they discounted a note drawn by Erwin Burk-halter and endorsed by the defendants, dated the 8th of the same month, for $1000, payable ninety days after date at the Allentown National Bank. At maturity this note not being paid was protested for non-payment, of which the endorsers had notice. About seventeen days afterwards said…
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