Bank of the State v. Wheeler

Amzi L. Wheeler sued the Bank of the State, as indorser of a bill of exchange-. The bank defended on. the ground that the indorsement was made by the cashier, as was or might have been known to the plaintiff, for the ac*91eommodation of other parties, without authority from the bank, &c. The cause was tried by the Court, who made a special finding as follows:

“The Court finds, that on the 15th day of January, 1861, Luther J. Abbott and Ephraim A. Abbott drew the bill of exchange, which is the foundation (of this action, on Nicholas Abbott, and thereby requested said Nicholas to pay, sixty days…