Becker v. Hart
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Frieda Hart and another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Queens on the 19th day of February, 1908, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 10th day of March, 1908, denying the defendants’ motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Jenks, J.:
This is an appeal by the defendants from a judgment entered upon a directed verdict for the plaintiff in her action against the makers of a promissory note. The plaintiff alleged that she was a bona fide holder for value before maturity. The defendants admitted the making, indorsement and delivery of the note, but denied that allegation of the plaintiff, and pleaded payment. The defendants taking the affirmative attempted to show that the note came lawfully into the hands of Levy, to whom they paid the *512note, that the note was abstracted from the possession of Levy, who is dead, by…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hull v. . LittauerNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
- Hankinson v. . VantineNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
- Hamilton v. ForsythNew York Supreme Court · 1894
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- Becker v. HartAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
- Becker v. HartAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
- Becker v. HartAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909