Laing v. Hudgens
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from an order denying the motion of appellant, Sula Hudgens, to" set aside a verdict directed in favor of plaintiff in the City Court of the city of New York, and for a new trial under section 999 of the Code.
1Opinion of the CourtBijub, J.
Plaintiff sues as the holder of a promissory note made by the appellant December 1,1911, for $1,000, payable in twelve months. The complaint *390alleges that the note was originally made to A. M. Kendrick & Co., by whom it was indorsed “ and that, thereafter and before its maturity it lawfully came into possession of plaintiff for value.”
Appellant’s answer contains some general denials, but on the trial these were evidently abandoned and no point is made thereof here.
The entire case turns upon the defendant’s separate defense, which is, in substance, that she entered into a contract in writing…
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