Winton v. Little
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Susquehanna county : Of July Term 1879, No. 118J. This was an issue framed upon a judgment which had been opened, wherein J. S. Little and II. P. Little, executors of Mary Little, were plaintiffs, and W. W. Winton, president of the- Second' National Bank of Scranton, defendant.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Susquehanna county : Of July Term 1879, No. 118J. This was an issue framed upon a judgment which had been opened, wherein J. S. Little and II. P. Little, executors of Mary Little, were plaintiffs, and W. W. Winton, president of the- Second' National Bank of Scranton, defendant. At the .trial, before Waller, P. J., it appeared that on the 2d of December 1872, J. S. Little being indebted to- the Second National Bank of Scranton in the sum of $2955.17, applied to W. W. Winton, president, at the- Bank, for a loan of $4000, to pay this and other indebtedness-.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Trunkey
WThether error was committed in any ruling against the defendants is a question they have not brought here, and cannot now be considered.
It can scarcely be said that the court did not fairly and properly *72treat the cáse as if it were conceded by the parties that the judgment was owned by the Second Notional Bank of Scranton, incorporated and doing business under the laws of the United States. If this was error, we fail to see any reason why the bank should complain. The judgment was confessed by virtue of a warrant of attorney on a note payable to “ W. W. Winton, president, or bearer,” and he…
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