Baird v. Bank of Washington
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
IN ERROR. In the Court of Common Pleas of Washington county, from which the record of this case was removed by writ of error, the plaintiffs below, the defendants in error, declared in assumpsit for money had and received, and money lent and advanced, against the plaintiff in error, who pleaded payment, the opinion of this court, which fully states all the facts essential to the points decided, was delivered by
1Opinion of the CourtGibson, J.
To bring all the questions in the cause distinctly into view, it is necessary to recapitulate the facts out of which they arise; and in this, I shall adopt the arrangement of the judge who tried the cause.
The bank was incorporated by virtue of the general banking Act of the 34th of March, 1814. At the period in question, it was so much embarrassed that the stockholders were thinking of dosing its concerns; and its charter shortly afterwards became forfeited by the provisions of the act of incorporation. The defendant below was the President of the Board of Directors, and w as indebted to the…
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