Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (Volume 10 ).cThomas Sergeant
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Author: Thomas Sergeant
Number of Pages: 226 pages
Published Date: 08 Feb 2012
Publisher: General Books
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781235817199
Download Link: Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (Volume 10 )
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1841 Excerpt: ... CASES SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA. EASTERN DISTRICT, MARCH TERM, 1818. GUIER And DIEHL against PAGE. On a sale for approved indorsed paper, the construction of law is, paper which ought to be approved. This cause was tried at Nisi Prius on the 31st January last, before the Chief Justice, when a verdict was found for the plaintiffs for 1839 dollars 57 cents. On a motion by the defendant for a new trial, which was now argued, the only question was, as to the true meaning of a sale for approved indorsed paper, which J. R. Ingersoll, for the defendant, contended, meant notes to be approved by the seller. The consequence he said was, that until the seller approved, the contract was open. This was the construction of all the auctioneers; and it was most convenient, because the credit of paper is a very delicate thing. He cited, Cooke v. Oxley, 3 T. Rep. 653. Webster v. Hoban, 7 Cranch, 399. The Court stopped Mr. Chauncey, who was about to argue for the plaintiffs, being clearly of opinion, that on a sale for approved paper, the construction of law was, paper which ought to be approved, and therefore the contract was not open. New trial refused, and judgment for the plaintiffs. The COMMONWEALTH against CORNMAN. 2 A discbarge under the insolvent laws of this state is valid, though the petitioner do not mention in the list of creditors returned to the Court, the name of the plaintiff at whose suit he is imprisoned; provided he has given the notice prescribed by the Court. A Habeas Corpus issued in this case to Cornman, who was keeper of the debtors' apartment, to produce the body of Richard Graff. vol. iv. 2 (The Commonwealth v. Cornman.) The return stated, that Graff was imprisoned under an execution issued by alderman Bartram, for 57 dollars 48 cents, debt and...
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