Nashua Savings Bank v. Sayles
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, against the indorser in blank before delivery of a promissory note, who was alleged to be liable as a joint maker. Writ dated October 14, 1902. In the Superior Court the case was heard by Hardy, J. upon an agreed statement of facts.
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Contract, against the indorser in blank before delivery of a promissory note, who was alleged to be liable as a joint maker. Writ dated October 14, 1902. In the Superior Court the case was heard by Hardy, J. upon an agreed statement of facts. The note in suit was as follows: “ No. $2000. Boston, May 31, 1890. On demand, for value received, six months after date, I promise to pay the Nashua Savings Bank, or order, two thousand dollars at the office of said bank in Nashua, N. H., with interest from date at the rate of six (6) per cent, payable semi-annually in advance. Allen S. Weeks.” This…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.
The plaintiff, a corporation established under the laws of New Hampshire, held an overdue note for $2,300, signed by one Weeks and indorsed by the defendant, upon which there had been no demand or notice. On May 6, 1891, more than five years after its maturity, the plaintiff’s treasurer wrote to the maker in Boston, suggesting that at the time when the next payment of interest should become due, on June first, he should send a note indorsed by the defendant to take up the old one. Weeks replied immediately, saying that the defendant was away, and that he would attend to the matter *522on the…
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