Bower v. Walker
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 163, Jan. T., 1907, by-plaintiffs, from decree of C. P. No. 5, Phila. Co., 'Dec. T., 1904, No. 4,233, dismissing bill in equity in case of George R. Bower et al., Administrators of Henry Bower, deceased, v. Anne M. Walker, surviving partner of the firm of Powers & Weightman, and executrix of the will of William Weightman, deceased. Bill in equity to compel redelivery of shares of stock.
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Appeal, No. 163, Jan. T., 1907, by-plaintiffs, from decree of C. P. No. 5, Phila. Co., 'Dec. T., 1904, No. 4,233, dismissing bill in equity in case of George R. Bower et al., Administrators of Henry Bower, deceased, v. Anne M. Walker, surviving partner of the firm of Powers & Weightman, and executrix of the will of William Weightman, deceased. Bill in equity to compel redelivery of shares of stock. Errors assigned were as follows: (1) The trial judge erred in sustaining the defendants’ objection to and refusing to admit in evidence the settlement of October 4, 1889. (20) Decree dismissing the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potter,
The controversy in this case is as to the proper method of computing interest, under the terms of an article of agreement, entered into upon May 28, 1896, between the firm of Powers & Weightman and the firm of Henry Bower & Son. When the agreement was made Henry Bower had died, and his surviving partner, his heirs and the administrator of his estate, were made parties to the contract. After reciting an indebtedness of Bower & Son to Weightman, and the purchase by him (manifestly for the benefit of Bower & Son) of certain *301stocks in the Ammonia Company of…
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