Berkley v. Maurer
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 122, April T., 1907, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Somerset Co., Feb. T., 1903, No. 214, on verdict for defendant in case of H. M. Berkley v. E. B. Maurer. Issue to determine the validity of a judgment entered upon a judgment note. Before Kooser, P. J. The defendant, E. B. Maurer, claimed that his name had been forged to the note upon which judgment was entered.
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Appeal, No. 122, April T., 1907, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Somerset Co., Feb. T., 1903, No. 214, on verdict for defendant in case of H. M. Berkley v. E. B. Maurer. Issue to determine the validity of a judgment entered upon a judgment note. Before Kooser, P. J. The defendant, E. B. Maurer, claimed that his name had been forged to the note upon which judgment was entered. At the trial the court admitted under objection and exception an information made by the plaintiff, H. M. Berkley, against C. A. Blanchard, charging him with the forgery of the note in suit. [4] Defendant made the…
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Head, J.,
To No. 214, February Term, 1903, of tbe court of common pleas of Somerset county a judgment was entered in favor of H. M. Berkley, cashier, against C. A. Blanchard and E. B. Maurer. This judgment was entered by virtue of a warrant of attorney attached to a note under seal purporting to have been signed by those parties. Upon the petition of Maurer, alleging that the note, as to him, was a forgery, .the court opened the judgment and an issue was framed to try the disputed question of fact. The loan, to secure which the note was given, was negotiated by Blanchard who was the…
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