Dickinson v. . Edwards
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from, judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the first judicial department, in favor of defendant, entered upon an order reversing an order granting a new trial, and directing judgment on verdict. (Reported below, 13 Hun, 405.) The nature of the action and the facts are set forth sufficiently in the opinion. Defendant’s liability must be considered the same as though he had made, dated and delivered the note to Mr. Pulsifer at Boston.
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Appeal from, judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the first judicial department, in favor of defendant, entered upon an order reversing an order granting a new trial, and directing judgment on verdict. (Reported below, 13 Hun, 405.) The nature of the action and the facts are set forth sufficiently in the opinion. Defendant’s liability must be considered the same as though he had made, dated and delivered the note to Mr. Pulsifer at Boston. (Merchants’ Bank v. Griswold, 72 N. Y., 472; Pomeroy v. Ainsworth, 22 Barb., 127; Tilden v. Blair, 21 Wall., 241; Cutler v. Wright, 22 N.…
1Opinion of the CourtFolgee, J.
This action is brought against the defendant as the maker of a promissory note. He did write and sign the note, and put it in the hands of the payees named in it, for their use. This is the form of it: “ New York, November 14, 1874. $300. Three months after date I promise to pay to the order of Messrs. Bailey & Gilbert, three hundred dollars at the New York National Exchange Bank, value received.”
His defense to the action is, that the note was made by him for the accommodation of the payees named in it; that it was by him loaned to them, without any consideration received by him from them ;…
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