PENN BANK v. FURNESS


114 U.S. 376 (1885)

PENN BANK v. FURNESS & Others.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 13, 1885.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Nathan H. Sharpless for appellants.

Mr. Samuel Dickson, (Mr. E.G. Platt was with him) for appellant, Francis Brinley, administrator.

Mr. Charles Hart for appellees, James T. Furness, Joshua P. Ash, William H. Ash, and Dawes E. Furness.


MR. JUSTICE FIELD delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a suit by the Penn National Bank to charge the firm of Furness, Brinley & Co., of Philadelphia, with moneys obtained from the bank by the firm of Furness, Ash & Co., of that city, in a discount of its paper, and used in payment of the debts of the first firm, and also to charge the defendant, Edward L. Brinley, with the moneys thus obtained by Furness, Ash & Co. which were used to pay its debt...

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