Harrisburg National Bank v. Bradshaw
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 16, May T., 1896, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Dauphin Co., June T., 1895, No. 408, on trial by court without a jury. Foreign attachment in assumpsit on promissory note.
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Appeal, No. 16, May T., 1896, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Dauphin Co., June T., 1895, No. 408, on trial by court without a jury. Foreign attachment in assumpsit on promissory note. Simonton, P. J., found the facts to be as follows: This case was tried by the court without a jury as provided by the act of April 22,1874. It is an action in which the plaintiff seeks to recover from the defendant the sum of $10,817.97, •with interest from December 20, 1894, upon the following EACTS. 1. In July, 1889, Miss Elizabeth Reily indorsed a note for $10,000 for the accommodation of her brother,…
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Mb; Justice Fell,
The question presented by this case relates to the power of a married woman to bind herself by the renewal of an accommodation indorsement made before her marriage. The defendant, when single, indorsed a promissory note at four months for $10,000 for the accommodation of the maker, her brother. Once before marriage she renewed her indorsement, and after her marriage she renewed it as the notes became due at intervals of four months for the period of nearly five years. The last of the series of notes was protested and this suit brought upon it. The statement was…
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