Butts v. Cruttenden
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 15, Feb. T., 1900, by plaintiff, in suit of Dyer J. Butts, executor of Jean Allen, deceased, against William J. Cruttenden, from decree of C. P. Tioga Co., Sept. T., 1898, No. 489, on distribution. Opinion by Rice, P. J. Exceptions to decree in distribution by the court below of money raised by sheriff’s sale of real estate of William J. Cruttenden.
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Appeal, No. 15, Feb. T., 1900, by plaintiff, in suit of Dyer J. Butts, executor of Jean Allen, deceased, against William J. Cruttenden, from decree of C. P. Tioga Co., Sept. T., 1898, No. 489, on distribution. Opinion by Rice, P. J. Exceptions to decree in distribution by the court below of money raised by sheriff’s sale of real estate of William J. Cruttenden. It appears from the findings of fact by the court below that William Cruttenden on June 9, 1875, confessed judgment to Henry B. Card for $418.40, which note was. entered of record on November 8, 1894. Execution was subsequently issued…
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Rice, P. J.,
It is an established fact that the Cruttenden who signed the judgment note as William Cruttenden on which the Card judgment was entered in 1894, was the same person who executed the mortgage in favor of Dyer J. Butts, executor, in 1896. The further facts are established that this person, who lived near, and was well known to the mortgagor, was known in the community where he resided and by men with whom he did business both as “ William Cruttenden ” and “ William J. Crut*455tenden that he transacted business under both names; that he gave a large number of judgment notes…
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