Allied Furriers Corp. v. Lisker

This is an action upon a promissory note brought in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston. The note was given in New York City by the maker, a resident of Boston, to the payee, a New York company, in part payment for goods purchased from the latter; to this note in the payee’s hands there was an equitable defence arising from the defective quality of the goods. The payee before maturity indorsed the note in blank and delivered it in New York to the plaintiff in part payment of a previous note of his held by it. Certain requests of the defendant for rulings were refused, and he appealed…