Fish v. First National Bank

This action was brought by the bank to *205recover upon certain promissory notes made payable to tbe order of I. N. Jenness & Co. and Frances S. Fish, and indorsed by them. The indorsement of Mrs. Fish was under and made after that of I. N. Jenness & Co. The defense set up is that at the time' these notes were given and indorsed, the firm of I. N. Jenness & Co. was not in existence, because of the death of Henry Fish, one of the members thereof; that if Mrs. Fish is liable upon these notes, she is jointly liable with Isaac N Jenness, and that if he is released because there was no such firm, then…