Reichner v. Reichner
Reichner v. Reichner
Opinion of the Court
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The assignments of error in this case are drawn in disregard of the rules, and they are without merit as to substance. In the eleventh assignment, it is alleged that the court below erred in refusing plaintiff’s motion for judgment non obstante veredicto. Neither the motion nor the order of court is given, but reference to the appendix shows that the motion was made under the Act of April 22, 1905, P. L. 286. That act gives the right to move for judgment non obstante veredicto upon the whole record, only to a party who has presented a point requesting binding instructions, which has been reserved or declined. It does not appear that any such point was presented in this case. The record shows that counsel for appellant made an oral motion for binding instructions, which was refused, and no exception was taken to the refusal. The Act of 1905 evidently refers to points presented under the Act of March 24, 1877, P. L. 38, §1, which requires such points to be “drawn up in writing and handed to the court before the close of the argument to the jury.” An oral motion is not such a point. Where no request for binding instructions has been made or question of law reserved, judgment non obstante veredicto cannot be entered: Sulzner v. Cappeau-Lemley & Miller Co., 234 Pa. 162.
Upon the question of the liability of a garnishee, one of the later cases is Willis v. Curtze, 203 Pa. 111, where
The assignments of error are dismissed, and the judgment is affirmed.
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- Appeals — Assignments of error — Motion for judgment n. o. Act of April 22, 1905, P. L. 286 — Act of March 24, 1877, P. L. 88. 1. An appeal from a refusal of plaintiff’s motion for judgment n. o. v. is defective which sets forth' neither the motion nor the order of court. 2. Under the Act of April 22, 1905, P. L. 286, a party has a right to move for judgment n. o. v. upon the whole record only where he has presented a written point requesting binding instructions which has been reserved or declined. An oral motion for binding instructions is insufficient. Execution — Attachment execution — Defense by garnishee — Act of June 16, 1886, P. L. 755. 3. Generally the garnishee in an attachment execution may make any defense against the plaintiff in the writ that he could have made against his original creditor. The judgment in the attachment establishes only the existence of the debt due the plaintiff by his immediate debtor. The plaintiff stands in no better position as to the thing attached than does his debtor, and any defense good against the latter will prevent a recovery against the garnishee. Assignment for benefit of creditors — Agreement between debtor and creditor. 4. Where a creditor agrees in writing with his debtor that the latter shall apply the funds due the creditor to the payment of indebtedness to a third party for which the creditor was primarily liable, and the debtor secondarily liable, such an agreement cannot be construed as an assignment by the creditor for the benefit of his creditors. Evidence — Decree of Orphans’ Court. 5. A decree of the Orphans’ Court awarding to a creditor his claim against the decedent’s estate is prima facie evidence of the correctness of the claim in other proceedings.