Greenwich Bank v. Oppenheim
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Albert D. Oppenheim, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the' plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 23d day of January, 1909, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Hew York Trial Term, a jury having been waived.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
The defendant’s son was a member of the firm of H. J. Hearn & Co., engaged in the dry goods business. On April 30, 1907, the defendant had indorsed for the accommodation of the firm a note for $5,000, which the plaintiff had discounted. Subsequently the defendant went to Europe, and on the fourteenth day of June following, H. J. Hearn wrote him a.letter explaining the financial difficulties of the firm and the necessity for larger working capital, and that the firm must have at least $10,000 immediately, and reminding the defendant that he had said before he left that he had seen…
2Cited by1 opinion
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