Jefferson County National Bank v. . Dewey
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered February 5, 1904, affirming a judgment in favor of defendants entered upon a dismissal of the complaint' by the court at a Trial Term, a jury having been waived. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered February 5, 1904, affirming a judgment in favor of defendants entered upon a dismissal of the complaint' by the court at a Trial Term, a jury having been waived. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The payment by the indorsers, Dewey, ISTettleton and Phillips, of $811.46 on the note at different times did not pay the amount unpaid on this note. (Grey v. Barton, 55 N. Y. 68; Ryan v. Ward, 48 N. Y. 204; Redfield v. H. P. Ins. Co., 56…
1Opinion of the CourtO’Brien, J.
This was an action upon a promissory note against two of the indorsers. The note was made on the twenty-fifth day of December, 1891, by the Eureka Chemical Company, a corporation, for the sum of twenty-eight hundred dollars, payable four months after date to the order of the indorsers named therein. It is conceded that the liability of the indorsers was and is several, but only two of them were served in this action, who appeared and answered. On the trial by consent of counsel on both sides the jury was discharged and the case was submitted to the court, who subsequently filed a decision…
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