Jefferson Bank v. Starr
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the defendants from a judgment of the City Court of the city of New York and also from an order denying a motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtBruce, J.
The defendants were indorsers upon and had procured the discount, by the German Exchange Bank, of a promissory note of one Aronowsky, their brother-in-law. When the note became due, Arohowslry gave the defendants his check upon the plaintiff bank,'where he kept an account under the name of the Empire Belt & Purse Company, for $1,000, to take up the note. The defendants indorsed this check and delivered it to the German Exchange Bank. It' reached the plaintiff bank through the clearing house on March 10, 1903, at about eleven thirty a. m. Devlin, plaintiff’s cashier, finding that Aronowsky did…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Raabe v. . SquierNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
- Wysong v. MeyerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901