Mechanics Bank & Trust Co. v. Stratton
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Edmund K. Stallo, 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 9th day of October, 1913, upon the report of a referee appointed to hear and determine the issues.
1Opinion of the Court
Present—Ingraham, P. J., McLaughlin, Laughiin, Scott and Dowling, JJ.
The following is the opinion of the referee:
David Leventritt,
Referee:
This action is brought upon eight promissory notes of the aggregate amount of $20,000, executed October 31, 1907, jointly by the defendants Stratton and Stallo and one Alexander McDonald in favor of the defendant Robinson and indorsed by Robinson to the plaintiff. These notes were given in renewal of an original series of notes of the same amount which had been discounted for Robinson by the Mechanics National Bank in Knoxville, Tenn., shortly after they…
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