Ryder v. Baker

These are actions on an alleged promissory note purporting to have been signed by the defendant corporation and indorsed by the individual defendants.

It appeared that, in January, 1918, the defendant corporation had signed and the individual defendants had indorsed a note for $15,000 payable to The National Mount Wollaston Bank of Quincy. There was evidence that Borden, the manager of the defendant corporation, was instructed to take the note to The National Mount Wollaston Bank for discount, and that the bank refused to discount it. The defendants testified they did not know what became of…