Hunter v. Bremer
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 166, Oct. T., 1916, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Allegheny Co., Oct. T., 1914, No-. 425, on verdict for plaintiff in case of David Hunter, Jr., Receiver of Land Trust Company, v. J. D. Bremer. Assumpsit upon two promissory notes. Before Swearingen, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for $7,495.47, upon which judgment was subsequently entered. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 166, Oct. T., 1916, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Allegheny Co., Oct. T., 1914, No-. 425, on verdict for plaintiff in case of David Hunter, Jr., Receiver of Land Trust Company, v. J. D. Bremer. Assumpsit upon two promissory notes. Before Swearingen, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for $7,495.47, upon which judgment was subsequently entered. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned, among others, were the charge of the court, and in refusing a motion for a new trial based upon after-discovered evidence.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Moschzisker,
This action was instituted by David Hunter, Jr., as receiver of the Land Trust Company, against J. D. Bremer, to recover the balance due upon two promissory notes signed by the latter and held by the former. The first of these, dated December 22, 1905, payable upon demand, was called about three months thereafter, and the second, dated June 25, 1907, fell due'on October 25, 1907. The present suit was not commenced until July 22,1914, when both obligations were more than six years overdue.
The defendant interposed the bar of the statute of limitations ;. to…
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