Jacobs v. Mohnton Trust Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Sadler,

Jacobs, plaintiff, was tbe bolder of two promissory notes of $5,000 each, signed by Worley, and endorsed by three others. Both were payable on August 30,1924, at the Mohnton Trust Co., which conducted its business in a small town in Berks County. These obligations were handed to the Penn Trust Co. of Norristown for collection, and it forwarded the same by registered mail to Mohnton on Saturday, the date on which they became due, with instructions “to protest if not paid and return immediately.” Monday was a legal holiday, when, in the ordinary course of business,…