Casco Bank v. Keene
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Exceptions from Nisi Prius, Davis, J., presiding. Assumpsit. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtDavis, J.
The Casco Bank held a promissory note purporting' to have been signed by the defendant. The president, having heard that the signature was forged, went to the defendant to ascertain whether he signed it. lie examined the note, and acknowledged the signature to be genuine. The officers of the Bank thereupon refrained from commencing any proceedings against the person from whom they received the note, to secure the payment by him.
*104The jury were instructed "that, if the plaintiffs, relying on the defendant’s admission, were induced to refrain from obtaining security of Jordan, by his arrest or by…
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