Strohecker v. Farmers' Bank
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the common pleas of Berks county. This was an issue under the act of the 16th of April 1827, to try the right of the Farmers’ Bank of Reading to money in court which arose out of the sale of the real estate of John Garber; in which the Bank was plaintiff and Leah Strohecker was defendant.
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ERROR to the common pleas of Berks county. This was an issue under the act of the 16th of April 1827, to try the right of the Farmers’ Bank of Reading to money in court which arose out of the sale of the real estate of John Garber; in which the Bank was plaintiff and Leah Strohecker was defendant. The question on the trial had regard to the admissibility in evidence of an assignment of a bond of William Sharman to Daniel Strohecker, dated the 6th of August 1819, conditioned for the payment of 1903 dollars 24 cents one year after date with interest; which was offered by the plaintiff. The…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Kennedy, J.
The defendants in error, being the plaintiffs below, claimed to be the rightful owners and holders of a bond, executed by William Sharman on the 6th day of August 1819, binding himself to Daniel Strohecker in the sum of three thousand eight hundred and six dollars and forty-nine cents, to be paid to the said Daniel, his acting attorney, &c., conditioned, however, for the payment of one thousand nine hundred and three dollars and twenty-four cents, by the said William Sharman, with lawful interest thereon, from its date, which is the same .of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Heffernan v. AddamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1838
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- Bassett v. HawkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1887
- Strohecker v. Farmers' BankSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1847
- Farmers' Bank v. StroheckerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1840