Pattison v. Cobb
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 176, Oct. T., 1903, by defendant, from order of C. P. Potter Co., June T., 1896, No. 289, dismissing exceptions to report of referee in case of C. L. Pattison & Company to use of Anna S. Pattison and Orville Pattison, Executors of Charles L. Pattison, Deceased, v. H. H. Cobb. Issue to determine the validity of a judgment entered on a judgment note. The case was referred to J. W. Bouton, Esq., as referee.
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Appeal, No. 176, Oct. T., 1903, by defendant, from order of C. P. Potter Co., June T., 1896, No. 289, dismissing exceptions to report of referee in case of C. L. Pattison & Company to use of Anna S. Pattison and Orville Pattison, Executors of Charles L. Pattison, Deceased, v. H. H. Cobb. Issue to determine the validity of a judgment entered on a judgment note. The case was referred to J. W. Bouton, Esq., as referee. The referee reported in favor of the plaintiff the sum of $1,221.88. Exceptions to the report of the referee were dismissed by the court. Errors assigned were in dismissing the…
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Opinion by
Henderson, J.,
The two assignments of error raise a single question: was the witness Chase competent to testify to 'transactions occurring in the lifetime of Charles L. Pattison.. It appeared at the trial before the referee that the defendant executed and delivered, or caused to be delivered, his judgment promissory note dated June 13, 1895, to C. L. Pattison & Company for $860.05. On the back of the note was written a guaranty to C. L. Pattison & Company of the payment of the note, signed by the firm of Cobb & Chase, of which, the witness was a member. It further appeared that C. L.…
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