Nassau Bank v. Broadway Bank
New York Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment entered upon the report of a referee. The action was brought upon a check drawn by R. Maplesden, upon the defendant, payable to the order of A. 0. Baker, and indorsed by said Baker and one Burn-ham, and certified by the defendant to be “good.” The defendant, by its answer, First.
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APPEAL from a judgment entered upon the report of a referee. The action was brought upon a check drawn by R. Maplesden, upon the defendant, payable to the order of A. 0. Baker, and indorsed by said Baker and one Burn-ham, and certified by the defendant to be “good.” The defendant, by its answer, First. Admitted that the plaintiff and the defendant were corporations, as in the complaint alleged, and that a check similar to the one in said complaint described, and -which the defendant believed to be the same, was drawn by Reuben Maplesden, in the complaint described, and delivered to one Zeno…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Geo. G. Barnard, J.
The plaintiffs were holders for value. It was so found by the referee, and the testimony clearly bears him out in his conclusion. His opinion covers every point raised, and does not require any additional views.
The judgment should be affirmed.
Clerke, Cardozo, and Geo. G. Barnard, Justices.]
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