People v. Dales

Defendant had been engaged in the business of selling automobiles. On October 23, 1952, he delivered to the Citizens National Bank and Trust Company of Oneonta a promissory note for $700 payable in thirty days purporting on its face to be signed by Robert W. Utter, as maker, and containing defendant’s own signature as indorser.

The note recited that it was given as part of the purchase price of a 1944 Chevrolet one-half ton pick-up truck and contained the usual recitals made in such a chattel note, giving the holder right to immediate recourse against the chattel on *216default. The note was given…