Bank of the Commonwealth v. Curry

Judge Nicholas dissenting.

To a petition and summons, brought by the President ■and Directors of the Bank of the Commonwealth against James R. Curry, on a note purporting- to be the joint and several obligation of himself, James Finley and James Colman — he filed a long special plea, in which, after averring, in substance, that the note sued on, was signed in blank, for the purpose of renewing a prior note of the same parties, and for no other purpose, be averred that "the said plaintiffs, combining with said Finley to defraud- this defendant and said Colman without the consent or knowledge of…