Gettysburg National Bank v. Kuhns
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
May 7th 1869. Before Thompson, C. J., Agnew, Sharswood and Williams, JJ. Read, J., absent. Error to the Court of Common- Pleas of Adams county: No. 62, to May Term 1869. This was an action of debt, commenced November 6th 1867 by John Kuhns against The Gettysburg National Bank. The plaintiff’s statement was for money alleged to have been received by the defendant from the United States, which was the plaintiff’s.
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May 7th 1869. Before Thompson, C. J., Agnew, Sharswood and Williams, JJ. Read, J., absent. Error to the Court of Common- Pleas of Adams county: No. 62, to May Term 1869. This was an action of debt, commenced November 6th 1867 by John Kuhns against The Gettysburg National Bank. The plaintiff’s statement was for money alleged to have been received by the defendant from the United States, which was the plaintiff’s. The plaintiff having a claim for bounty-money, signed, with others, the following order, which was forwarded to the paymaster-general of the United States by Theodore C. Norris, who…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered,
by Sharswood, J.
The 2d and 3d assignments of error having been withdrawn from our consideration by the counsel for the plaintiff in the argument at the bar, all the questions arising on this record are resolvable into one, namely, whether any evidence was given on the trial in the court below to charge the defendants, the Gettysburg National Bank, with the receipt of money for the use of the plaintiff, John Kuhns.
It was in proof that a check or draft was drawn by Colonel Lawler, as paymaster of the United States, in favor of the bank by the order of…
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