Legal Opinion
Banca Italiana di Sconto v. Columbia Counter Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 22, 1925PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
This is an action on a promissory note, brought by an indorsee against the defendant. The note was written in the Italian language. According to the translated copy set forth in the record, it is dated February 29, 1920, payable to Joseph Alinovi, at the Prudential Trust Company in Boston, and purports to be signed “Columbia Counter Company, Charles D. Malaguti, President.” It was indorsed by the payee to the order of the plaintiff. At the trial it was agreed that February 29, 1920, was Sunday.
The defendant denied making the instrument and contended that it was a forgery; it also denied that…
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