Packard v. Windholz
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from Trial Term, Onondaga County. Action by Nathan J. Packard and another against Louis Windholz. From a judgment of the County Court reversing a judgment of the Municipal Court of the City of Syracuse (82 N. Y. Supp. 392) in favor of plaintiffs, defendant appeals. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtSpring, J.
Adolph Truman made his promissory note for $50, dated July 31, 1902, to the order of C. D. Eaton, and due in three months from., its date. The maker forged the indorsement of Eaton, who was his father-in-law, to the note, and then procured the defendant to indorse the same. The note, with these two indorsements appearing upon it, was presented to the plaintiffs, who were note brokers, to be by them negotiated for the benefit of Truman. The plaintiffs obtained one Packelnisky to indorse it, and, after indorsing it themselves, sold it to the New York State Banking Company for $55, and turned…
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