Whitehead v. Heidenheimer
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Motion by the defendants, Charles Heidenheimer and Louis Heidenheimer, for a new trial upon a case containing exceptions, ordered to be heard at the Appellate Division in the first instance, upon" the verdict of a jury in favor of the plaintiffs, rendered by direction of the court after a trial at the Hew York Trial Term on the 2d day of May, 1898.
1Opinion of the Court
Rumsey, J.:
The action was brought by Louis Heidenheimer in his lifetime against Charles and Louis Heidenheimer to recover upon eighteen drafts drawn by parties transacting business under the firm name of 'Wilhelm Heidenheimer upon the firm of C. & L. Heidenheimer and accepted by them, of which drafts the plaintiff claimed to be the holder for value. One defense was that all the drafts were void for usury. As to thirteen of the drafts, it was claimed that they were drawn by Wilhelm Heidenheimer upon the firm of C. & L. Heidenheimer and accepted by the drawees for the *592accommodation of the…
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