Appeal of Jeanes
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
No. 6 January Term 1887, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 260 September Term 1883, C. P., in equity. On September 17, 1873, William T. Elbert filed a bill in equity in tbe court below against Isaac Jeanes, surviving Wm.
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No. 6 January Term 1887, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 260 September Term 1883, C. P., in equity. On September 17, 1873, William T. Elbert filed a bill in equity in tbe court below against Isaac Jeanes, surviving Wm. J. Morris, trading as Isaac Jeanes & Co., and the West Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company. .The plaintiff averred that on July 25, 1877, being the owner of one hundred shares of stock in the West Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company, he pledged the same to Isaac Jeanes & Co., as collateral security for the payment of his note of that date, at two months, for $12,000; that on…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Green :
It is much to be regretted that no opinion was filed by the learned court below with a statement of their reasons for *582reversing tbe report of tbe master, upon tbe vital, fundamental question in this case. A decree for almost a hundred thousand dollars has been entered against a citizen without a; solitary reason for the rendition of such a decree appearing upon the record, while very substantial reasons appear there, in the master’s report, showing why no decree should'be made against him for any amount. The magnitude of the judgment alone was sufficient to impel…
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