Coffin v. Tevis
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, William S. Tevis, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 11th day of December, 1913, upon the decision of the court after a trial at the New York Trial Term, a jury having been waived.
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, J.:
The question involved was whether plaintiff was the holder of the promissory note for $2,500 in suit, in good faith and without notice of any infirmity. The maker of the note was the defendant, William S. Tevis, residing at Bakersfield, Cal. Defendant’s story is that one Charíés W. French represented to him that it was necessary to have $25,000 in order to bring about the promotion of a railroad from Bakersfield to the coast; that he already had arranged for most of the right of way, had the surveys made and reports compiled showing the probable business in *315freight to be…
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