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L. L. Satler Lumber Co. v. Exler

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 6, 1913No. Appeal, No. 157PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal, No. 157, Oct. T., 1912, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., Third Term, 1908, No. 620, on verdict for plaintiff in case of L. L. Satler Lumber Company v. Joseph Exler. Assumpsit on a guaranty.

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Appeal, No. 157, Oct. T., 1912, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., Third Term, 1908, No. 620, on verdict for plaintiff in case of L. L. Satler Lumber Company v. Joseph Exler. Assumpsit on a guaranty. At the trial it appeared that the written guaranty upon which the suit was brought was as follows: Whereas the American Box Company of Etna, Pa., is indebted to the L. L. Satler Lumber Company for lumber furnished in amount of thirty hundred and forty-four ($3044.00) dollars and also indebted to the American Lumber & Manufacturing Co. in amount of thirty-two hundred and…

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Mr. Justice Moschzisker,

This was an action brought to recover on a written contract in which the defendant agreed to become guarantor on certain promissory notes of the American Box Company. The verdict was for the plaintiff and the defendant has appealed.

The L. L. Satler Lumber Company (the plaintiff), and the American Lumber and Manufacturing Company, two separate and distinct corporations, had each sold lumber to the American Box Company, and each held a series of notes of the latter company representing their respective claims; but they had no connection with one another in such…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Fulton v. HoodSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1859

3Cited by10 opinions

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