Hartford Bank v. Green

The plaintiff seeks to recover of Key, Foster, et al, as makers, and of Green, Thomas & Co., as indorsers, of a promissory note which reads as,follows:

Burlington, Dec. 5th, 1857.

Twelve months after date we promise to pay to the order of Green, Thomas & Co., one thousand dollars currency, value received with ten per cent interestafter maturity.

(Signed,) Charles Foster,

A. Key, and others.

(Indorsed,) Green, Thomas & Co.

In order to show such diligence against the makers as to charge the indorsers, the plaintiff in the petition alleges that the defendants by their said undertaking agreed to pay…