Hanauer v. Smith
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, George P. Smith, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 13th day of November, 1920, on the verdict of a jury for $8,329.20, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 12th day of November, 1920, denying defendant’s motion to set aside the verdict and for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Dowling, J.:
This action was brought to re,cover on four promissory notes alleged to have been made by the defendant to the order *30of S. C. Sugarman and by him indorsed and delivered for value, before maturity, to plaintiff, which notes were not paid when due. The answer set up as to one of these notes that the defendant’s signature thereon was a forgery; as to the other three notes the defendant pleaded that they were given by defendant to Sugarman without consideration and solely as an accommodation made for the benefit of Sugarman; as to all the notes the defendant pleaded the defense of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Straus v. Tradesmen's National BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Schlesinger v. KellyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
- Strickland v. . HenryNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Sabine v. PaineAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915
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