Legal Opinion
Purchase v. Matteson
New York Court of Appeals
Decided September 15, 1862PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Appeal from the Superior Court of the city of New York. The facts sufficiently appear in the following opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtWright, J.
This cause was tried in the Superior Court of the city of New York, before the Chief Justice and a jury.
On the trial, evidence offered by the defendants was rejected, and exceptions taken. The action was to recover the amount of two checks made by the defendants, payable to bearer, and transferred to the plaintiff, payment of which had been stopped. The defence was, that the checks had been obtained by one Sollenger and others, fraudulently and without consideration. Whilst the defendants were giving evidence in relation to the origin and .consideration of the checks, and the habits of…
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