Lincoln National Bank v. Fischer-Hansen
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, the Lincoln National Bank, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 12th day of May, 1903, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order-entered in said clerk’s office on the 12th day of May, 1903, denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
On the 2d day of October, 1901, the defendant signed and delivered to the plaintiff a guaranty in writing of the payment at maturity of any note of notes made by Paul Bertin and his wife, or either of them, to the extent of $5,000 and renewals thereof. On the twenty-second day of May thereafter Bertin and his wife made their promissory note whereby they promised to pay for value received three months after date to the order of themselves $1,000, and before maturity for value indorsed and transferred the same to the plaintiff. The plaintiff in purchasing and discounting the note…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hawley v. HawleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900