Deposit National Bank v. Beaver Trust Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 35, April T., 1916, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Beaver Co., Dee. T., 1915, No. 413, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Deposit National Bank of Du Bois v. Beaver Trust Company, Administrator of John Spencer, deceased. Assumpsit on three promissory notes.
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Appeal, No. 35, April T., 1916, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Beaver Co., Dee. T., 1915, No. 413, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Deposit National Bank of Du Bois v. Beaver Trust Company, Administrator of John Spencer, deceased. Assumpsit on three promissory notes. Before Baldwin, P. J. From the record it appeared that two of the notes were for $5,000 each, and the third for $860. One of the $5,000 was in the following form: $5,000 Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 5th, 1914. Six months after date we promise to pay to the order of ourselves Five Thousand............Dollars at De- posit…
1Opinion of the Court
■ Opinion by
Head, J.,
The plaintiff national bank sued to recover the moneys due on three separate negotiable notes. Each one of these notes had been made by a corporation called Kyoto Pottery Company,* of which defendant’s decedent was president. Each one was endorsed by him individually among other endorsers. Two of these notes were in the sum of $5,000 each, the third for $860. The plaintiff bank discounted each of these notes for full value at the ordinary and lawful rate of interest before maturity, and, apparently at least, in the usual course of business. Although none of the facts…
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