Worthington v. Schuylkill Electric Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 246, Jan. T., 1899, by plaintiff, from judgment of Superior Court, Oct. T., 1898, No. 66, reversing judgment of C. P. No. 4, Pbila. Co., on verdict for plaintiff in suit of Worthington v. Schuylkill Electric Railway Co. Appeal from Superior Court. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court, and the report of the case in 10 Pa. Superior Ct., 117. Error assigned was the judgment of the Superior Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Brown,
This suit was brought by Henry R. Worthington to recover from the Schuylkill Electric Railway Company, upon the endorsement, by its president, of the promissory note of the Philadelphia Construction Company. The evidence is within very narrow limits. The Philadelphia Construction Company had a contract with the defendant to construct and equip the extensions of its road, for the consideration of “ $500,000, par value, in stock, and $500,000, j>ar value, in six per cent gold bonds,” *213to be accepted “ in full payment and satisfaction ” of the contract. “ All necessary…
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