Continental Bank v. Great Lakes Western Refining Corp.

Plaintiff had verdict of a jury, by direction of the court, against all the defendants, in an action of assumpsit on a promissory note for $2,000, due May 10, 1923, executed by the Great Lakes Western Refining Corporation as maker and the other defendants as indorsers. Defendant Leahy alone made defense and here seeks reversal on the ground that the testimony raised issues of fact for the jury.

Plaintiff introduced certificate of protest of the note on its due date by Samuel A. Petty, notary public, then assistant cashier of plaintiff and still connected with .it, although the plaintiff bank…