Farmers' Bank of Amsterdam v. Blair
New York Supreme Court
THIS action was commenced in 1863, against the defendants, Joseph Blair and Patrick McFarlan, as joint makers, and Archibald McFarlan and David Blair, as joint indorsers of two promissory notes dated on the 1st day of March 1861, one for $500, and the other for $2000,- payable to the order of the said indorsers at the Farmers’ Bank of Amsterdam.
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THIS action was commenced in 1863, against the defendants, Joseph Blair and Patrick McFarlan, as joint makers, and Archibald McFarlan and David Blair, as joint indorsers of two promissory notes dated on the 1st day of March 1861, one for $500, and the other for $2000,- payable to the order of the said indorsers at the Farmers’ Bank of Amsterdam. The defendants, Joseph Blair and David Blair, put in an answer to the complaint, containing, specific denials, and the defense of usury. The defendants, Archibald McFarlan and Patrick McFarlan, also put in answers to said complaint containing defenses…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Bookes, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment of nonsuit. The action was brought on two promissory notes, against Patrick McFarlan and Joseph Blair as joint makers, and against Archibald McFarlan and David Blair as joint indorsers. All of the defendants interposed answers to the complaint. At this stage of the action, Joseph Blair, one of the makers, died, leaving the action to stand against, the surviving maker and the two joint indorsers. A compromise was thereupon entered into hetwen the plaintiff on the one part and the maker and one of the joint indorsers on the other, by…
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