Green v. Higgin Manufacturing Co.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by tbe defendant from a judgment of tbe Supreme Court of tbe District of Columbia, on verdict, in an action on promissory notes against an indorser.
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Hearing on an appeal by tbe defendant from a judgment of tbe Supreme Court of tbe District of Columbia, on verdict, in an action on promissory notes against an indorser. Tbe Court in tbe opinion stated tbe facts as follows: The Higgin Manufacturing Company sued Galen E. Green as indorser of certain notes given by bis son, Cuvier Green, amounting to seven hundred and fifty-six dollars and eighteen cents ($756.18), with interest from February 1, 1909, which notes had been presented for payment, protested, and notice given. Tbe declaration set out the notes, notice, and protest, and also…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice SiimARD
The defendant assigned for error (1) the action of the court *190in sustaining plaintiff’s objection to tbe question addressed to Ouvier Green as to his knowledge of plaintiff’s intention to criminally prosecute him if bis father’s indorsement were not obtained;. (2) in refusing to grant tbe instruction asked by defendant for a directed verdict in favor of defendant; (3) in instructing tbe jury that if by verbal admission, or written admission, with notice that bis liability bad not been fixed, tbe defendant agreed, after maturity, to pay said notes, tbe defendant was liable under tbe common…
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