Crittenden v. Empire Stone Dressing Co.

By the Court, Hoffman, J.

The case arises on a verdict of a jury taken subject to the opinion of the court at general term, on a case to be made with liberty to turn the same into a bill of exceptions.

The action is brought upon a promissory note made by the *72defendants, dated the 9th of May, 1854, in favor of E. E. Jar-man, for the sum of $1,000. It was indorsed by Jarman, and then by Charles T. Shelton. The note was made for. the accommodation of the defendants, was procured to be discounted for their benefit by Shelton, and he credited the amount to such defendants on his books in May, 1854.…