Nesbitt v. Turner
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 306, Jan. T., 1893, by plaintiff, Abram Nesbitt, assignee for the benefit of creditors of the Plymouth Savings Bank, from judgment of C. P. Luzerne Co., Feb. T., 1889, No. 237, on verdict for defendant, Mrs. S. G. Turner. Assumpsit on bond of surety for bank cashier.
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Appeal, No. 306, Jan. T., 1893, by plaintiff, Abram Nesbitt, assignee for the benefit of creditors of the Plymouth Savings Bank, from judgment of C. P. Luzerne Co., Feb. T., 1889, No. 237, on verdict for defendant, Mrs. S. G. Turner. Assumpsit on bond of surety for bank cashier. At the trial, before Woodward, J., plaintiff offered in evidence the bond in suit which showed the words “ 28th February ” written over an erasure and the figure “ 3 ” written over “1” of the year 1871. Defendant objected to the admission of the bond, and asked leave to add the plea of non est factum. Plaintiff’s…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Thompson,
The appellant as assignee of the Plymouth Savings Bank brought this action against appellee upon a bond alleged to have been given by her to it conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of its cashier, W. W. Dietrick, her brother. In September, 1871, it appears by the minutes of the Savings Bank that the amount of the bond required to be given by its cashier for the faithful performance of his duties was fixed at $20,000. No further action seems to have been taken by its board of directors until June 16, 1873, when the following entry appears upon…
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