Conway National Bank v. Pease
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Assumpsit, to recover the amount due upon a promissory note for $500, dated April 11, 1910, payable in two months to the order of the plaintiffs, signed by Arthur W. Charles as maker, and purporting to be indorsed by the defendant. The defendant pleaded the general issue and seasonably denied the signature purporting to have been made by him. Trial by jury and verdict for the plaintiffs for the amount of the note.
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Assumpsit, to recover the amount due upon a promissory note for $500, dated April 11, 1910, payable in two months to the order of the plaintiffs, signed by Arthur W. Charles as maker, and purporting to be indorsed by the defendant. The defendant pleaded the general issue and seasonably denied the signature purporting to have been made by him. Trial by jury and verdict for the plaintiffs for the amount of the note. Transferred from the May term, 1911, of the superior court by Chamberlin, J. The instructions to the jury, so far as they pertain to the questions raised by the defendant’s…
1Opinion of the CourtBingham, J.
This is an action of assumpsit upon a promissory note discounted by the plaintiff bank for one Charles, the maker, and upon which the defendant’s name appeared as indorser. The case was submitted to the jury upon three grounds: (1) That they might find the defendant liable if the indorsement was genuine; (2) that they might do so if the indorsement was made without authority, but was subsequently ratified and adopted by the defendant; and (3) that they might find him liable if his conduct worked an estoppel. Exceptions were taken by the defendant to the instructions given the jury and to a…
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