Hale v. Van Saun

The plaintiff, the last indorsee, sues the defendants, his immediate indorsers, on a bill of exchange for $250, which was drawn on the Metropolitan Bank, New York, by Edward L. Tinkham & Co., in favor of Wayne & Wallcup, who indorsed the same to defendants and they to plaintiff.

The cause was tried by the court alone, which, without finding any facts, rendered judgment for the plaintiff on the bill. During the trial no exceptions were taken to the action or ruling of the court upon any matter connected therewith, till the decision upon the merits was announced, when exceptions to the same were…