James v. Stokes

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Thomas

Reversing.

By this equity action filed in the Fayette circuit court by appellant and plaintiff, H. L. James, against appellees and defendants, W. E. D. Stokes and the Mervyn Realty Company, a corporation, plaintiff seeks to hold defendant, Stokes, liable on an endorsement made by him on a note for $2,500.00 and on a number of others for $6,570.00 each, all dated January 5, 1918, and signed by William C. Eakins and each of them payable “at Room 936, No. 149 Broadway, New York city,” upon successive dates. The petition also seeks to subject to the payment of…