Gilman v. F. O. Bailey Carriage Co.

Two actions of assumpsit tried together in the court below and brought forward in a single record.

In No. 5353 the defendant is sued as maker of seven promissory notes, and as indorser of four customer’s notes so called, all of which the plaintiff holds as indorsee. In No. 5354 the plaintiff seeks to recover upon seven checks drawn by the defendant and transferred to the plaintiff by the payee.

Verdict was for the plaintiff in both suits, and the cases come before this Court on general motions and exceptions to denial of motion for directed verdicts, rulings upon evidence during the trial, and…