Mechanics' Trust Co. v. Halpern

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hehee, J.

The respondent bank sued upon a promissory note made by Halpern to the order of Feldman, and endorsed by the latter and Hiller. It discounted the note before maturity for Feldman, and pleaded that it was a holder in due course for value. Hiller was concededly an accommodation endorser. A jury was empaneled to try the issue, but Judge Melniker directed a verdict for the plaintiff. lie also overruled Hiller’s motion for a direction of a verdict in his favor; and these rulings are assigned for error.

The first insistence of appellant is that the…