Jamison v. Collins
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 2, of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1876, Nos. 291, 292. These wei’e two actions of assumpsit, one brought by B. K. Jamison & Co. against Philip Collins, to recover overdrafts made by Collins on his bank account with plaintiffs; the other by Collins against Jamison & Co., to recover the proceeds of a draft which Collins alleged were misappropriated by Jamison & Co. Both cases were submitted to the court, and a trial by jury…
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 2, of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1876, Nos. 291, 292. These wei’e two actions of assumpsit, one brought by B. K. Jamison & Co. against Philip Collins, to recover overdrafts made by Collins on his bank account with plaintiffs; the other by Collins against Jamison & Co., to recover the proceeds of a draft which Collins alleged were misappropriated by Jamison & Co. Both cases were submitted to the court, and a trial by jury dispensed with under the provisions of the Act of April 22d 1874, Pamph. L. 109, Purd. Dig. 1939. The following were the…
1Opinion of the Court
The judgment of the Supreme Court was entered, February 5th 1877,
Pur Curiam.
— The governing question is the same in each of these cases, to wit, the right ownership of three drafts accepted by Thomas A. Scott, amounting to $25,000. The actions are between Collins and B. EY Jamison & Co. as bankers, and not between Collins and the Central Improvement Co., or B. K. Jamison, its treasurer. The right of the Improvement Co. to call Collins to ah account for the funds raised upon these drafts is therefore not in issue, but it is a question whether Jamison & Co., bankers, who came to the possession…
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