A. H. Andrews & Co. v. Hess
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal "by the plaintiff, A. H. Andrews & Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the cleric of the county of Onondaga on the 2d day of February, 1897, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Onondaga Trial Term, specific questions of fact having been submitted to the jury, who rendered a verdict in favor of the defendant. •
1Opinion of the Court
Adams, J. :
The plaintiff brings this action to recover upon two promissory notes executed by the defendant on the 1st day of May, 1894, one of which was for $2,000, payable six months after date, and the other" for $500, payable four months after date. These notes were made payable to the order of the Patent Telephone Indicator Company, and upon the back of each was the following indorsement, viz.:
“ I secure the payment of this note by $27,000 worth of unincumbered stock I own stock in the United Glass Co., of Syracuse, N. Y.,'& any other assets I may this day be possessed of.
“O. A. HESS.”
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