Florence v. Commercial Bank

(After stating the foregoing facts.) The contention of the defendant (referring to Mr. Florence, the only one of the defendants who is complaining) is that under the foregoing facts it was for the jury to say whether or not the plaintiff took with “notice,” and therefore subject to the defense which the defendant would have had against the payee. He insists, that, in view of the testimony of Mr. Bernstein, the jury could have found that the bank, at the time it bought the note, had knowledge of sufficient circumstances to put it upon its guard as to whether the notes were uncollectible. This…