Ledwith v. McKim
The Superior Court of New York City
Suspension of judgment, on a verdict for the plaintiff, •on an order that the exceptions on the trial "be heard in the first instance at the General Term. The facts in the case, and the exceptions, appear in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.—Sedgwick, J.
The defendants sold one Scranton ten instruments, purporting to have been executed by The Vicksburg, Shreveport and Texas Railroad Company, for $1,800. Each of these certified that the railroad company was indebted to John Ray, or bearer, for value received “in the sum of either 225 pounds sterling, or 1,000 dollars lawful money of the United States of America, to wit, 325 pounds sterling, if the principal and interest are payable in London, and 1,000 dollars lawful money of the United States of America, if the principal and interest are payable in New York or New…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- McCoy v. ArtcherNew York Supreme Court · 1848