Legal Opinion

First National Bank of Chittenango v. . Morgan

New York Court of Appeals

Decided March 26, 1878PublishedCited by 13 opinions

This action was brought to collect a debt, evidenced by a note for $2,500, dated September 8, 1869, made in the firm name of “ Wm. Petrie & Co.,” to the order of “ Bennett & Avery,” and indorsed by the latter. (Reported below, 6 Hun, 346.) The firm of “ Wm. Petrie & Co. ” was composed of William Petrie and Samuel Morgan, the latter being the defendant's intestate.

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This action was brought to collect a debt, evidenced by a note for $2,500, dated September 8, 1869, made in the firm name of “ Wm. Petrie & Co.,” to the order of “ Bennett & Avery,” and indorsed by the latter. (Reported below, 6 Hun, 346.) The firm of “ Wm. Petrie & Co. ” was composed of William Petrie and Samuel Morgan, the latter being the defendant's intestate. The partnership terminated by the death of Morgan on the 10th of October, 1869. The note in suit was the last but one of a series of notes commencing November 21, 1868, all in form and as to parties, alike, and made by Petrie…

1Opinion of the Court

Folger, J.,

reads for affirmance.

All concur.

Order affirmed and judgment absolute against defendant.

2Cited by13 opinions

  1. Sondheim v. GilbertIndiana Supreme Court · 1888
  2. L. Lewitt & Co. v. Jewelers' Safety Fund SocietyNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
  3. Meriden National Bank v. GallaudetNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
  4. Barnes v. SeligmanNew York Supreme Court · 1890
  5. First National Bank of Friendship v. WestonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898

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