Acker ex rel. First National Bank v. Delp
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 349, Oct. T., 1920, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, PMla. Co., Sept. T., 1914, No. 4072, in the case of A. Lincoln Acker, sheriff of the City and County of Philadelphia, to the use of the First National Bank of Milwaukee, v. Edmund E. Delp and August F. Gruber, trading as E. E. Delp Grain Company and Charles Gruber. Assumpsit upon bond given sheriff in foreign attachment. Before Patterson, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 349, Oct. T., 1920, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, PMla. Co., Sept. T., 1914, No. 4072, in the case of A. Lincoln Acker, sheriff of the City and County of Philadelphia, to the use of the First National Bank of Milwaukee, v. Edmund E. Delp and August F. Gruber, trading as E. E. Delp Grain Company and Charles Gruber. Assumpsit upon bond given sheriff in foreign attachment. Before Patterson, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict was directed for the plaintiff in the sum of $872.88. The court subsequently upon motion entered judgment for…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Head, J.,
The Franke Grain Company was a dealer in grain, having its place of business in the city of Milwaukee. In January, 1914, it shipped a car load of corn to Philadelphia over the Lehigh Valley Railroad. It received from that company a standard bill of lading in the usual form which shows that the car was consigned by the shipper to itself at Philadelphia and with direction to the carrier to notify E. E. Help Grain Company. The consignor then drew a sight draft on said Delp Company of Philadelphia for $637.14. It took this draft, with the bill of lading attached, to its bank in…
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