Ransom v. Crawford

Citations

• 44 Pa. Super. 592
• 1910 Pa. Super. LEXIS 225

Syllabus

<p>Payment — Evidence—Conflicting testimony — Question for jury.</p> <p>In an action by a sister against a brother to collect a sum alleged to have been wrongfully retained by the defendant in settling with the plaintiff for her share of her father’s estate, where there is evidence that at the time of the settlement the defendant deducted the amount of a note of the plaintiff’s husband to himself with interest thereon, that he added the words “with interest” in the body of the note, telling plaintiff that she could keep it as it was of no value, and that she might tear it .up, and the plaintiff denies that she consented to the deduction, and the evidence is otherwise conflicting, the case is for the jury, and a verdict and judgment for plaintiff will be sustained.</p>