Porter v. Thom
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Julia S. Thom, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 7th day of May, 1S97, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s-' office on the 5th day of June, 1897, denying the said defendant’s.' motion for a new trial made upon the minutes. .
1Opinion of the Court
Hatch, J.:
The plaintiff, by this action, seeks to charge the defendant with-liability, as indorser, upon , a prohiissory- note, which reads as-' follows:
“ Brooklyn, September 22d, 1890.
“ On demand I promise to pay to the Order of David C. Porter,, eight*hundred and fifty dollars with interest at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum for value recived.
“ $850 00-100.
JOHN C. THOM.”
*364This note was given by the defendant John 0. Thom, and indorsed by his wife Julia, to take the place, of a demand note of the same amount made by John C. Thom. The negotiations which led to the indorsement of the note by J…
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