Johnson County Savings Bank v. Walker
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action by an indorsee against the acceptor of four bills of exchange, brought to the District Court of Waterbury and tried to the jury before Cowell, J. • verdict and judgment for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, J.
The plaintiff claimed to have proved the following facts: The Puritan Manufacturing Company of Iowa, soliciting in this State, through an agent, obtained from the defendant an order for various articles of.jewelry, valued at $200, “to be delivered free on board transportation companies” in Iowa, and paid for by acceptances at three, six, nine and twelve months. The goods were delivered in compliance with the order, and the four bills in suit, drawn by the company, were accepted by the defendant in payment. Before the bills became due they were negotiated by the company to the plaintiff, who…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Black v. GriggsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1902
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