U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania October 26, 1876 (Corn Exch. Nat. Bank v. Philadelphia Trust, Safe-Deposit & Ins.)

McKENNAN, Circuit Judge.

In Watson v. Bagaley, 2 Jones [12 Pa. St.] 167, a letter of attorney, authorizing the attorneys named in it to demand,-sue for and receive all the choses in action of the principal, and apply the proceeds to the payment of certain enumerated debts, was held to be substantially a voluntary assignment, and within the purview of the Pennsylvania statutes regulating transfers