Keyser v. Warfield
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City (Wickes,- J.) It is submitted that if the appellant ever became liable to the bank on the two notes in question, his liability was only that of a joint endorser with Warfield. That the bank because of its failure to make demand for payment of the notes on the .maker, and its failure to protest the notes, or in any way inform Mr. Keyser of the default of the real maker of the notes (the Md.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City (Wickes,- J.) It is submitted that if the appellant ever became liable to the bank on the two notes in question, his liability was only that of a joint endorser with Warfield. That the bank because of its failure to make demand for payment of the notes on the .maker, and its failure to protest the notes, or in any way inform Mr. Keyser of the default of the real maker of the notes (the Md. Mfg. & Construction Co.) within a proper time after the notes were given, lost all rights against Keyser, no matter what rights it may have had against…
1Opinion of the CourtBoyd, J.
The appellee sued the appellants’ intestate to recover one-half of the amounts paid by the appellee on two promissory notes discounted by the Merchants National Bank of Baltimore. Each of the notes was originally in this form : $2,500.00..
July 31st, 1896.
On demand after date Maryland Mnfg. and Construction Co. promise to pay to the order of.......... twenty-five hundred dollars at Merchants National Bank. Value received.
S. Davies Warfield, President.
Henry B. Keyser, Treasurer.
Endorsed, S. Davies Warfield,
Henry B. Keyser.
Mr. Warfield was president and Mr. Keyser treasurer of the Maryland…
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