Third National Bank v. Butler Colliery Co.
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Erie county. The Third National Bank of Buffalo sued the Butler Colliery Company on certain notes. Defendant appeals from a judgment entered on the verdict of a jury directed by the court at the circuit.
1Opinion of the CourtDwight, P. J.
The action was against the defendant as indorser of four several promissory notes, of several makers, which were discounted by the plaintiff. The notes were taken by one Hubbell, the agent of the defendant at Buffalo, for coal sold by him for the defendant to the several makers of the notes. They were by their terms payable to “E. S. Hubbell, Agent;” in one case, “E. S. Hubbell, Agent for Butler Colliery Company;” and they were in-, dorsed by him as “E. S. Hubbell, Agent of Butler Colliery Company.” The only substantial question in the case was that of the authority of the agent to indorse…
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- Marine Bank v. Butler Colliery Co.New York Supreme Court · 1889
- Lake Shore Nat. Bank v. Butler Colliery Co.New York Supreme Court · 1889
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