Walker v. Pennsylvania Co. for Insurances on Lives
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 240, 268, 300 and 304, by defendants, from decree of C. P. No. 5, Philadelphia Co., Sept. T., 1915, No. 2149, on bill in equity in case of Marian Graves Walker v. Pennsylvania Company for Insurances on Lives and Granting Annuities et al. . Bill in equity to declare signature a forgery, for injunction, for discovery, and for an accounting. Before Martin, P. J. The court entered a decree in accordance with the prayer of the bill.
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Appeals, Nos. 240, 268, 300 and 304, by defendants, from decree of C. P. No. 5, Philadelphia Co., Sept. T., 1915, No. 2149, on bill in equity in case of Marian Graves Walker v. Pennsylvania Company for Insurances on Lives and Granting Annuities et al. . Bill in equity to declare signature a forgery, for injunction, for discovery, and for an accounting. Before Martin, P. J. The court entered a decree in accordance with the prayer of the bill. Defendant appealed.' Error assigned was the decree / of the court. cited: Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Davenport, 97 U. S. 369; Laughlin v. Laughlin,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Simpson,
On May 4, 1898, Marian Graves Walker, the plaintiff in this case, purchased six $1,000 trust certificates of the Electric & Peoples Traction Company, of the par value of $1,000 each, and they were duly registered in her name by the defendant, the Pennsylvania Company for Insurances on Lives and Granting Annuities, the trustee named therein. George M. Wagner, until his flight in May, 1913, was an attorney in good standing in the City of Philadelphia, was her counsel and had charge of these certificates for her. On January 19,1912, Wagner presented to the trustee a…
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