Felsenthal v. Hawks
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiffs Herman Felsenthal, Jacob Gross, and Adam Miller from an order of the District Court of Ramsey County, Brill, J., made September 11, 1891, denying their motion for a new trial. Plaintiffs were partners in banking at Chicago, Ill.
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Appeal by plaintiffs Herman Felsenthal, Jacob Gross, and Adam Miller from an order of the District Court of Ramsey County, Brill, J., made September 11, 1891, denying their motion for a new trial. Plaintiffs were partners in banking at Chicago, Ill. The defendant Charles A. Hawks owned and operated a brickyard at River Falls, Wisconsin, and on February 14, 1889, bought of I. & M. Wolff & Coleman certain patent brick drying machinery to be used in his brickyard, and gave them $2,000 in cash and afterwards his three promissory notes in payment. One of these notes fell due and was renewed August…
1Opinion of the CourtVanderburgh, J.
The plaintiffs, indorsees, seek to recover upon three promissory notes, one for $1,027.45, one for $2,000, and one for $1,612, made by defendants to I. & M. Wolff & Coleman, and by the latter transferred to the plaintiffs. The defendants contend that they have a defense or counterclaim against these notes, and the first question to be determined'is whether the plaintiffs are bona fide holders thereof, so as to exclude such- defense or counterclaim.
The plaintiffs are bankers doing business in Chicago, and have been in the habit of discounting notes for Wolff & Coleman; and, among others, they…
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