First National Bank v. Paff
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 259, Jan. T., 1912, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Northampton Co., Feb. T., 1911, No. 52, on verdict for defendant in case of First National Bank of Bangor v. Alfred M. Paff. Assumpsit upon a promissory note. Before Stewart, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. The note in suit was as follows: No. 86892 No.........
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Appeal, No. 259, Jan. T., 1912, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Northampton Co., Feb. T., 1911, No. 52, on verdict for defendant in case of First National Bank of Bangor v. Alfred M. Paff. Assumpsit upon a promissory note. Before Stewart, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. The note in suit was as follows: No. 86892 No......... Bangor, Pa., Feb. 2, 1910. Due May 2. . Three months after date I promise to pay to the order of A. M. Paff $2,000 At First National Bank of Bangor, Pa. Two Thousand..............................Dollars Without defalcation value received with…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Brown,
But little need be said in affirming this judgment. Whether the appellee was liable on the note which he gave to the appellant and upon which this action was brought, depended upon a single and very simple disputed fact. The defense was want of consideration, and upon that theory the case was tried. This was the issue raised by the pleadings, for, in his affidavit of defense, or *517answer, as it is styled, the appellee’s distinct averment was that his defense was want of consideration; and to this the appellant filed its replication. The defense made at the trial was…
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