Rothermal v. Hughes

Citations

• 134 Pa. 510
• 19 A. 677
• 1890 Pa. LEXIS 735

Syllabus

<p>1. A note is not invalid because given in the settlement before a committing magistrate of a criminal prosecution for obtaining goods by means of false pretences, such settlement being authorized by § 9, act of March ■ 31, 1860, P. L. 432: Geier v. Shade, 109 Pa. 180.</p> <p>2. Such note being given for a valid consideration, the fact that the principal debtor therein procured the signatures of sureties by means of a fraud upon them, will not invalidate the note, without evidence that the payees had notice of the fraud.</p>