Warner's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the decree of the Common Pleas, No. 1, of Allegheny County confirming an auditor’s report. This bill was filed by Henry Warner, as assignee of the Penn Bank, against the directors thereof, to compel them to deliver to him certain assets of the bank which it was alleged they had fraudulently converted to their own use. ' The bank closed its doors on May 21, 1884, but assurances were given to the public that it was in good financial condition, and a committee was…
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Appeal from the decree of the Common Pleas, No. 1, of Allegheny County confirming an auditor’s report. This bill was filed by Henry Warner, as assignee of the Penn Bank, against the directors thereof, to compel them to deliver to him certain assets of the bank which it was alleged they had fraudulently converted to their own use. ' The bank closed its doors on May 21, 1884, but assurances were given to the public that it was in good financial condition, and a committee was appointed to meet with representatives of other banks of the city to secure a sufficient amount of ready funds on the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Paxson :
Nearly all of the assignments of error in this case are to the finding of the learned auditor upon questions of fact. His findings were approved by the court below. The testimony occupies nearly 1,000 pages. The report of the auditor is elaborate and goes over the case very fully and carefully.
If there are any serious errors in his findings, they have not *314been pointed out to us, and this is a condition precedent to our taking up this vast mass of testimony for''the purpose of reviewing it. The report of a careful auditor upon the facts approved by an experienced…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Rice's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1874
- Kramer & Rahm's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1860