Patterson v. Dushane
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY PLAINTIFF FROM THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OF FAYETTE COUNTY. No. 2 July Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 171 March Term 1880, C. P. On February 7,1880, Minerva S. Patterson and M. M. Patterson, her husband, brought trover, in her right, against Joshua M. Dushane, to recover the value of certain United States bonds, the par value of which was $10,500. The defendant pleaded not guilty.
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APPEAL BY PLAINTIFF FROM THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OF FAYETTE COUNTY. No. 2 July Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 171 March Term 1880, C. P. On February 7,1880, Minerva S. Patterson and M. M. Patterson, her husband, brought trover, in her right, against Joshua M. Dushane, to recover the value of certain United States bonds, the par value of which was $10,500. The defendant pleaded not guilty. At the trial on February 2, 1882, a verdict was rendered for the defendant, and on January 6, 1886, judgment was entered thereon. Upon a writ of error No. 250 January Term 1887, Sup. Ct., the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Green:
We think the first assignment of error is not sustained. The fact as to the name in which the bonds were found to be deposited after the death of Sidney Connell was a fact then existing. It was a relevant fact of which it was proper to give evidence. Nothing more than this particular fact was offered to be proved. The fact that the bonds were found at that time to be deposited in the name of Sidney Connell would be inferential proof, only, that they had been so deposited during the life of Sidney Connell. In Rothrock v. Gallaher, 91 Pa. 108, we decided a very similar…
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