Bell v. Farmers D. N. Bank
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY PLAINTIEE EROM THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS NO. 1 OE ALLEGHENY COUNTY, IN EQUITY. No. 247 October Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 26 March Term 1884, C. P. No. 1, in Equity.
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APPEAL BY PLAINTIEE EROM THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS NO. 1 OE ALLEGHENY COUNTY, IN EQUITY. No. 247 October Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 26 March Term 1884, C. P. No. 1, in Equity. On January 4, 1881, Thompson Bell filed a bill in equity against the Farmers Deposit National Bank, and James Marshall, Jr., Thomas M. Marshall, Mark W. Watson and Matilda Marshall, executors of the last will and testament of James Marshall, deceased, averring in substance : (1) That one James Marshall, by his will dated May 23, 1867, admitted to probate on September 27,1869, appointed James Marshall, Jr.,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Chibe Justice Paxson:
This case has been so well considered by the learned master and the court below that an elaborate discussion of it here is unnecessary. The master finds the pivotal fact in the case as follows: “ From this testimony the master has found as a fact that Thompson Bell, at the time he made the loan of $20,000, and took as security the stock in controversy, knew that the money loaned was to be used for the purposes of James Marshall & Co.” It needs neither argument nor authority to show, that if Mr. Bell knew when he loaned this money that it was for the use of the…
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