Washington Savings Bank v. Ferguson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, George O. Ferguson, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 2d day of February, 1899, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 8th day of February, 1899, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Barrett, J.:
The question here is purely one of law. These are the undisputed facts: The defendant is the last indorser of two promissory notes which were discounted by the plaintiff. The'se notes were made by the Arkell Publishing Company to its own order and were indorsed by it and also by W. J. Arkell and James Arkell. The defendant’s indorsement then followed. When these notes were discounted the defendant was the vice-president of the plaintiff bank, and he was present at a meeting of its executive committee, at which a resolution was passed in these words: “ The meeting having been…
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