Eck v. Hoffman

Sharpstein, J.:

This is an action upon three several dishonored bills of exchange, drawn by one of the defendants upon the other in favor of the plaintiff. The drawee defendant accepted the bills before their maturity. At that time all the parties resided in Germany, and the bills were drawn and payable there. After the acceptance and before the maturity of the bills, both of the defendants left Germany and came to the United States under an assumed name, which they adhered to until the commencement of this ac*502tion. They arrived in New York in the month of July, 1877, and came from there to San…