H. B. Scharmann & Sons v. Bard
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Hoses Bard, from an order of a justice of the Hunicipal Court, city of ¡New York, borough of Brooklyn, entered in the office of the clerk of said court on the 3d day of December, 1900, setting aside the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the defendant and granting a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
Hirschberg, J.:
The action is brought on a promissory note made by the defendant, dated April 16, 1900, by which the defendant, for value *450received, promised to pay the plaintiff on demand the sum of $650. The plaintiff is a corporation engaged in the manufacture and sale of beer, and the money secured by the note was advanced by it to pay the license fee for a liquor tax certificate-to enable the defendant to carry on business for the period of one year from May 1, 1900. The evidence clearly establishes that the arrangement made at the time the money was advanced and the note given was that…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Krakower v. DavisAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1897
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