Keister v. Wade
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, George Keister, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Trial Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 20th day of November, 1919, and also from a judgment entered thereon in said clerk’s office on the 24th day of November, 1919, as amended by an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 12th day of December, 1919, dismissing the complaint at the close of the case after a verdict in favor of the…
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Appeal by the plaintiff, George Keister, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Trial Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 20th day of November, 1919, and also from a judgment entered thereon in said clerk’s office on the 24th day of November, 1919, as amended by an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 12th day of December, 1919, dismissing the complaint at the close of the case after a verdict in favor of the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the Court
Merrell, J.:
The action was upon a promissory note made by the defendant, payable to the plaintiff. The note, so far as pertinent to the question involved upon this appeal, was in the following form:
“ $3,100 00 /100 New York, September 10, 1918.
“............after date, without grace, the undersigned for value received hereby promises to pay to George Keister or order at his office No. 56 West 45th Street, New York City, the sum of $3,100 00 /100 with interest at the rate of 6% per annum, having deposited herewith and pledged as collateral security for the payment of this and any other…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Bradford, Eldred & Cuba Railroad v. N. Y., Lake Erie & W. R. R.New York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Keister v. WadeNew York Supreme Court · 1919
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