58 Pa. Super. 99 | Pa. Super. Ct. | 1914
Opinion by
By agreement of counsel this case was tried as though it were an action at law submitted to the judge to be determined by him without a jury. Appeals were taken by all of the defendants and the arguments covering-each case were presented in a single paper-book. The learned trial judge found as a fact on competent evidence that the notes were discounted by the Mt. Washington Savings & Trust Co. in the regular course of business before maturity for value, and without knowledge on the part of the board of directors of any defense. They were regular on their face and it is conceded that they were signed by the respective makers., The burden rested on the defendant, therefore, to show that they were obtained by fraudulent representations of J. D. Easter and were without consideration and that the trust company had knowledge of the fact. The testimony satisfied the trial judge that the trust company took the notes -in good faith for a valuable consideration before maturity and we have not discovered after an examination of the testimony that
The judgments are affirmed.