Sweetser v. Jordan
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract against Winfield C. Jordan and his father Charles Jordan as the indorsers upon a promissory note signed “Wake-field Reed Chair Co., by W. C. Jordan, Treas.,” dated August 4, 1898, for $1,500, payable three months after date “to the order of ourselves ” with interest, and indorsed by the Wakefield Reed Chair Company, by the defendants and by one Henry H. Savage.
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Contract against Winfield C. Jordan and his father Charles Jordan as the indorsers upon a promissory note signed “Wake-field Reed Chair Co., by W. C. Jordan, Treas.,” dated August 4, 1898, for $1,500, payable three months after date “to the order of ourselves ” with interest, and indorsed by the Wakefield Reed Chair Company, by the defendants and by one Henry H. Savage. Writ dated November 22, 1898. Neither the Wakefield Reed Chair Company nor Henry H. Savage were made defendants. The defendant Winfield C. Jordan pleaded his discharge in bankruptcy. In the Superior Court the case was tried…
1Opinion of the CourtHammond, J.
This case was tried against Charles Jordan alone, hereinafter called the defendant. It was admitted that the note was for valid consideration and that the signatures were genuine. The chief ground of defense was that there had been no sufficient demand and notice to charge the defendant.
Inasmuch as the note matured in November, 1898, the liability of the defendant depends upon the law existing in this Commonwealth previous to the general act relative to negotiable instruments, which, although approved on June 15, 1898, did not go into effect until January 1, 1899. St. 1898, c. 533, § 198..…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Armstrong v. ChadwickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1879
3Cited by3 opinions
- General Electric Co. v. Board of AssessorsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Sweetser v. JordanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Bowen v. FarleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926