Thacher v. Stevens
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Assumpsit against the defendant as indorser of a promissory note; brought to the Court of Common Pleas, of Hartford County. The following facts, were found by a committee:— The note in question is as follows:— “$500. July 1, 1877. Two months after date I promise to pay to the order of James Gill Five Hundred Dollars at .¿Etna Nat. Bank, value received. N. W. TAYLOR.” [Indorsed,] “ James Gill, « J. N. B. Stevens.”
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Assumpsit against the defendant as indorser of a promissory note; brought to the Court of Common Pleas, of Hartford County. The following facts, were found by a committee:— The note in question is as follows:— “$500. July 1, 1877. Two months after date I promise to pay to the order of James Gill Five Hundred Dollars at .¿Etna Nat. Bank, value received. N. W. TAYLOR.” [Indorsed,] “ James Gill, « J. N. B. Stevens.” The defendant indorsed the note in Hartford, before delivery to the payee, at the request of the maker, for his accommodation and without consideration. When the defendant so…
1Opinion of the CourtPardee, J.
N. W. Taylor made his promissory note for 1500 payable at bank two months from date to the order of James Gill; at the request and for the accommodation of the maker the defendant indorsed it in blank; then it was delivered to the payee, who placed his own blank indorsement above that of the defendant, and transferred it to a third person, who transferred it to a fourth in the city of New York, from whom the plaintiff purchased it for a valuable consideration before maturity, believing the indorsements to be in order of time as they were in order of place. Presentment and demand were made;…
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