Marian v. Peoples-Pittsburgh Trust Co.

Opinion by

Baldrige, J.,

The plaintiff, Nazareth Marian, sued the Peoples-Pittsburgh Trust Company in assumpsit for a breach of an oral contract to recover for certain borough and school taxes he paid to the borough of Coraopolis. A verdict in the sum of $678.93 was recovered. This appeal is from the refusal of the court to grant judgment n. o. v. or a new trial.

The plaintiff in 1933 acquired a second mortgage covering certain property in Coraopolis Borough, Allegheny County, owned by Henry Y. Walls and Bessie R. Walls, his wife. The defendant held a first mortgage upon the same property and…