Liebig Manufacturing Co. v. Hill

Citations

• 7 Pa. Super. 15
• 1898 Pa. Super. LEXIS 222

Syllabus

<p>Promissory note — Accommodation paper — Evidence.</p> <p>It is error, in a suit on a promissory note taken by the holder for value and before maturity, to permit the introduction of evidence showing absence of consideration to the maker. A holder for value may recover though he knew at the time he purchased that it was an accommodation note and that there ■jyas no consideration between the maker and the payee.</p> <p>Province of court and jury — Foreign corporation — Act of April 22, 1874.</p> <p>The evidence being conflicting, Lhe question whether certain transactions between parties was a “doing business” by a foreign company in this state, within the meaning of the Act of April 22, 1874, P. L. 108, is a question for the jury under proper instructions from the court.</p>