Berghaus v. Alter
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the common pleas of Dauphin county. Jacob Alter, Thomas Taylor and Solomon J. Dewey, trading in the name of Alter, Taylor & Dewey, against Henry C. Berghaus, who is a.co-promissor with George H. Berghaus. This was an action of debt upon a note. “ Philadelphia, 4th February 1836. Twelve months after date we or either of us promise to pay to the order of Alter, Taylor & Dewey, two .thousand dollars, without defalcation for value received. Geo.
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ERROR to the common pleas of Dauphin county. Jacob Alter, Thomas Taylor and Solomon J. Dewey, trading in the name of Alter, Taylor & Dewey, against Henry C. Berghaus, who is a.co-promissor with George H. Berghaus. This was an action of debt upon a note. “ Philadelphia, 4th February 1836. Twelve months after date we or either of us promise to pay to the order of Alter, Taylor & Dewey, two .thousand dollars, without defalcation for value received. Geo. H. Berghaus. $2000 • Henrt C. Berghaus.” The note having been read in evidence by the plaintiffs, the defendant offered in evidence the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Kennedy, J.
The first error assigned is, that the court rejected the testimony of George H. Berghaus, taken under a commission, directed to Richard H. Chinn and Todd Robinson, Jun., Esquires, of the city of New Orleans, authorizing them, or either of them, to take it, when it ought to have been received. The objection to the admission of this testimony was made in the court below, first, on the ground that George H. Berghaus, being a joint and several drawer, with the defendant, of the note on which this action is brought, had such an interest in the…
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