Legal Opinion
Mount Morris Bank v. Lawson
City of New York Municipal Court
Decided February 15, 1894Published
Appeal by defendant from judgment in favor of plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtVan Wyck, J.
The action is against the defendant as the maker of the promissory note sued upon and which is set out in full in the complaint as follows:
*229“$1,500. Mew Yobk, Mch. 21s#, 1890.
“ Three months after date I promise to pay to the order of James Ritchie, fifteen hundred dollars at Mount Morris Bank, M. Y. city, with interest. Value received.
“Mo.- Due. Robebt G. Lawson.”
The defendant specifically admits in his answer that he made and delivered the note declared on in the complaint to James Ritchie, the payee named therein, but he alleges that when he so made and delivered the same it did not have the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Merchants' Bank v. Exchange BankSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1840