Shpritz v. Baltimore Trust Co.

The chief question to be determined in this case is whether the lower court was-correct in instructing the jury that there was no evidence in the case legally sufficient to show that the appellee had any knowledge or notice of fraud, or want or failure of consideration, in the making of two one thousand dollar notes given by the appellant to Bernstein, Cohen & Coihpany, and by the latter endorsed to the appellee as collateral security for a loan. The record shows that Max Cohen, trading as Bernstein, Cohen & Company, and hereinafter referred to as Cohen, conducted a private banking business…