Third National Bank v. Clark
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action by plaintiff, as endorsee, against defendants, as makers of a promissory note payable at the First National Bank, Rochester, Minnesota, to the order of the Williams Mower and Reaper Company, Syracuse, New York. The plaintiff made title to the note through the following endorsement: “ Pay Third Nat. Bk., Syracuse, or order, for collection for the Williams Mower and Reaper Co., Syracuse, N. Y. O. Welch, Treas.”
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Action by plaintiff, as endorsee, against defendants, as makers of a promissory note payable at the First National Bank, Rochester, Minnesota, to the order of the Williams Mower and Reaper Company, Syracuse, New York. The plaintiff made title to the note through the following endorsement: “ Pay Third Nat. Bk., Syracuse, or order, for collection for the Williams Mower and Reaper Co., Syracuse, N. Y. O. Welch, Treas.” The defendants, in their answer, besides a general denial, pleaded that the note was given in payment for certain reapers, sold to them by the payee, with a warranty which had…
1Opinion of the CourtBerry, J.
The plaintiff brings this action as endorsee of a promissory note, made by defendants, and payable to the order of “ the Williams Mower and Reaper Co., Syracuse, N. Y. ” The endorsement through which the plaintiff claims, is in these words, viz.: “ Pay Third Nat. Bk., Syracuse, or order, for collection for the Williams Mower and Roaper Co., Syracuse, N. Y. O. Welch, Treas.” The making of the endorsement by Welch, and his authority to make it, are undisputed. The main controversy in the court below was as to whether the plaintiff took the note subject to the *268same defences as if it were in tlie…
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