Woods v. Gummert
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette county: No. 215, to October and November Term 1870. This was an action of assumpsit brought May 22d 1866, by John II. Gummert, to the use, &c., against William Woods and James Cunningham, administrators, &c., of James Woods deceased. The claim was on a book account for work and lábor on decedent’s farm, services as his agent about his general business under a power of attorney and money advanced in payment of debts.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette county: No. 215, to October and November Term 1870. This was an action of assumpsit brought May 22d 1866, by John II. Gummert, to the use, &c., against William Woods and James Cunningham, administrators, &c., of James Woods deceased. The claim was on a book account for work and lábor on decedent’s farm, services as his agent about his general business under a power of attorney and money advanced in payment of debts. The book account extended through the years 1860,1861 and 1862. The plaintiff gave evidence of payments of debts, &c., for the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered;
by Sharswood, J.
No doubt upon an issue involving a question of fraud, evidence must in the nature of things be allowed a wide range, and testimony having any bearing, however remote, is admissible: Reinhard v. Keenbarte, 6 Watts 93; Kauffman v. Swar, 5 Barr 230. Therefore, it was held in Stevenson v. Stewart, 1 Jones 307, that in an action on a single bill, to which the defence was forgery, evidence was admissible on the part of the plaintiff to show that before or after the date of the bill the maker was trying to borrow money. “ Such investigations,”…
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