Lyons v. Connor
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Thomas H. Lyons, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Westchester Trial Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 3d day of February, 1900, granting the defendant’s motion to set aside a verdict rendered herein as against the weight of evidence and for a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
Jbnics, J.:
The action is on a promissory note against the maker, Connor, and the indorser, Sheehan. Sheehan alone answered. The plaintiff appeals from an order of the trial court granting defendant Sheehan’s motion to set aside the verdict for the plaintiff as against the weight of evidence. Plaintiff gave a claim against Connor to Ryder, an attorney who was called by the defendant and testified that he reported to plaintiff that Connor, in settlement, would make a note to the attorney, not to plaintiff, which Sheehan would indorse, and that Sheehan, if he, and not the maker, must pay, would…
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