Oppikofer v. Murphy
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Cross-appeals by the plaintiff, Florence C. Oppikofer, and the defendant, John W. Murphy, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 27th day of April, 1911, upon the verdict of a jury for $358.99, rendered by direction of the court, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 24th day of April, 1911, denying the plaintiff’s and the said defendant’s motions for a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
The plaintiff brings this action to recover the sum of $830 and interest on a certain promissory note for that amount,- made by the .defendant John W, Murphy to the order of the- defendant Edward Stratton, Jr., indorsed by the defendants Edward Stratton, Jr., Evelyn K. Stratton and Bayside Review Company.' From the record it appears that the indorsements of Evelyn K. Stratton and Bayside Review Company were merely for the purpose of lending their credit to the paper, and as iio judgment is sought against them, they being insolvent, it is not necessary to consider them further in…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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