Sears v. Moore
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, on seven promissory notes. Trial in the Superior Court, before Hardy, J., who, at the close of the testimony, directed the jury to return a verdict for the plaintiff; and the defendant alleged exceptions, which appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtField, C. J.
This is an action of contract upon seven promissory notes, each purporting to have been signed by William Moore, and made payable at various times after date to the order of E. Wilson and Company, and indorsed in blank by E. Wilson and Company. The defendant, who is the administratrix of the estate of William Moore, denied specially in her answer the genuineness of the signatures of Moore, and demanded that they should be proved at the trial. Pub. Sts. c. 167, § 21. She alleged that the notes were indorsed to the plaintiff, Sears, after maturity, without consideration, and that the notes were…
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