Ogden v. Dobbin
The Superior Court of New York City
This was an action upon a promissory note for $856 81, made by the mercantile firm of Goddard & Burnap, of Eatonton, in the State of Georgia, in favor of the defendants, and payable to their order, at the Branch of the Stale-Bank of Georgia, at Eatonton, six months after its date, and indorsed by the defendants. The declaration contained three counts.
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This was an action upon a promissory note for $856 81, made by the mercantile firm of Goddard & Burnap, of Eatonton, in the State of Georgia, in favor of the defendants, and payable to their order, at the Branch of the Stale-Bank of Georgia, at Eatonton, six months after its date, and indorsed by the defendants. The declaration contained three counts. The first stated that the plaintiffs were the first indorsers of the note ;—the second set forth an indorsement by the defendants to one E. Molyneux, Jr., and by him to the plaintiffs. Both counts averred a presentment of the note at the Branch…
1Opinion of the Court
Oakley J.
This was an action on a note drawn by Goddard & Burnap, and payable to the defendants. It bore date at New-York, where the defendants resided, and was made payable at the State Bank of Georgia at Eatonton. It was indorsed by the defendants, and under their name, by E. Molyneux; audit had been indorsed under the name of Molyneux, by Stiles fy Fannier, and by D. B. Halstead. The two last indorsements were stricken out.
The note was sent by Stiles & Fannier, who resided at Savannah, to Halstead at Milledgeville, for collection, who indorsed it, and sent it to the cashier of the Bank at…
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