Haas v. Zimmermann
New York Supreme Court
Appeal by plaintiff from a judgment and order of the General Term of the City Court of the city of New York, affirming a judgment in favor of the defendant Jacob A. Zimmermann, entered upon the verdict of a jury.
1Opinion of the CourtFreedman, P. J.
The action is brought to recover the sum of $400, the amount of a check made by the defendant Zimmermann to the order of the defendant Uhlfelder, delivered by Zimmermann to Uhlfelder, and by the latter indorsed over and delivered to the plaintiff for value. The defendant Zimmermann alone answered. His answer admits the making of the cheek, its presentment at the hank and the nonpayment thereof, but it denies the indorsement to ‘ the plaintiff for value, and then sets up an affirmative defense that *305the check was delivered to Uhlfelder as security for the performance of certain work by…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hankinson v. . VantineNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
- Hunt v. FishNew York Supreme Court · 1848
- Tilden v. AitkinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899