Kumin v. Fine
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two actions of contract, each on. a promissory note payable to the plaintiff and signed by the defendant Barnard Kaplan as maker and by the defendants Maurice Fine," Ida Fine and Sarah F. Kaplan, as indorsers, one a four months’ note dated April 25, 1912, for $2,500 and the other a four months’ note dated July 24, 1912, for $4,900. Writs dated respectively September 25 and October 25, 1912. In the Superior Court the cases were tried together before White, J. The judge…
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Two actions of contract, each on. a promissory note payable to the plaintiff and signed by the defendant Barnard Kaplan as maker and by the defendants Maurice Fine," Ida Fine and Sarah F. Kaplan, as indorsers, one a four months’ note dated April 25, 1912, for $2,500 and the other a four months’ note dated July 24, 1912, for $4,900. Writs dated respectively September 25 and October 25, 1912. In the Superior Court the cases were tried together before White, J. The judge excluded certain evidence offered by the plaintiff as described in the opinion. At the close' of the evidence the judge…
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
These are two actions of contract, tried together, to recover the amount of two promissory notes given by the defendant Barnard Kaplan to the plaintiff and indorsed by the other defendants. The notes were given in renewal of previous notes given by the defendants to the plaintiff.
The defendants Fine contended that when the original notes were given they indorsed them for the accommodation of the plaintiff, and that, in consideration of such indorsements of the notes and of the renewals, the plaintiff agreed that he would hold them harmless. The jury, in answer to a special question submitted…
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