Hopkins v. Merrill
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action by the indorsee against the payee and indorser of a negotiable promissory note payable in monthly instalments, brought to the City Court of Hartford and tried to the jury before Bullard, J, after a demurrer to the second defense had been sustained ; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
This is an action against the defendant as indorser of the promissory note of one Anna M. Hotchkiss for $1,500, dated January 8th, 1904, payable to the defendant’s order in monthly instalments of $25 on the 10th of each month, to recover three of said instalments, due respectively May 10th, June 10th, and July 10th, 1905, due notice of the nonpayment of which is alleged to have been given to the defendant.
The note was indorsed by the defendant to the plaintiff on the 22d of July, 1904.
The second defense alleges, in substance, that when the note was indorsed to the plaintiff six of the…
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