Houk v. Foley ex rel. Gaullagher
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
IN ERROR. An action was instituted in the Common Pleas of Cumberland Bounty, by James G. Foley, for the use of George Gaullagher, ¿gainst Jldam Houk, on the following note under seal, viz: Carlisle, 23d Jlugust, 1826. • y Three months after date I promise to pay to James G. Foley 6r órder, two hundred dollars lawful money of the United States, without any defalcation, being for value received, as witness my hand and seal.
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IN ERROR. An action was instituted in the Common Pleas of Cumberland Bounty, by James G. Foley, for the use of George Gaullagher, ¿gainst Jldam Houk, on the following note under seal, viz: Carlisle, 23d Jlugust, 1826. • y Three months after date I promise to pay to James G. Foley 6r órder, two hundred dollars lawful money of the United States, without any defalcation, being for value received, as witness my hand and seal. Jldam Houk, [seal, j Present, W. B. Irvine,. . On which there was an indorsement in'blank u James G. Fo~ ley,” On the trial of the cause, evidence was given by the defendant…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
HustoN, J.
There has been a struggle within the last twenty years to alter the law of this state in an importantparticular. Iallude now to the law prescribed by the act of assembly respecting the assignees of bonds arid notes. The decisions of this Court fori the last seven or eight years might seem to render any further' opinion unnecessary, but as the same thing is brought before us in what is called a new shape, we will consider it. The case of Lewis v. Reeder, 9 Serg. & Rawle, 193, it is said gave rise to the present decision, for rather a dictum in…
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