Lilly v. Hamilton Bank of New York
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Action by Hamilton Bank of New York against James C. Lilly and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
LANNING, Circuit Judge.
The Hamilton Bank of New York City, the plaintiff below, recovered a judgment against the defendants below, the plaintiffs in error here, on a promissory note for the sum of $50,000. The bank purchased the note before maturity from E- R. Thomas and O. F. Thomas, the former of whom was president, and both of whom were directors and members of the discount committee, of the bank. One of the questions presented by the assignments of error relates to what the defendants insist was a fraud perpetrated by the Thomases upon the defendants, who were makers of the note. The…
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