Legal Opinion
Second National Bank v. Weston
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 1, 1898PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Motion by tlie plaintiff, the Second National Bank of the City of Elmira, N. Y.„ 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 defendant, rendered by direction of the court after a trial at the Cattaraugus Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Adams, J.:
This is an action upon a promissory note, of which the following is a copy, viz.:
“ $3,925.71. Oleak, N. Y., Dee. 30, 1891.
“ Eighteen months after date we promise to pay to the order of G-. E. Ramsey, thirty-nine hundred, twenty-five & 71 /100 dollars at the First National Bank, Olean, N. Y., with interest, value received.
“No.-. WESTON BROTHERS.”
Prior to its maturity, this note was discounted by the plaintiff, at which time it bore the indorsement of the defendants Q. E. Ramsey, D. 0. Conklin, W. H. & D. 0. Conklin, and also of the “ Sole Leather Pad Co., per G. E. Ramsey.”
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- Muller v. . McKessonNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- Cheever v. Pittsburgh, Shenango & Lake Erie RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
- First National Bank of Salamanca v. WestonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
3Cited by2 opinions
- Pitkin v. ClaytonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
- Second National Bank v. WestonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901