Fulton Bank v. Benedict
The Superior Court of New York City
This action was brought to recover the amount of a joint and several promissory note for $15,000, made by Lewis Benedict, (the defendant) W. S. Dezeng, J. H. & E. S. Beach, Gilbert F. Lush, Gregory & Bain, Chandler Starr, Elias Mather & Co., Spencer Stafford, and H. and S. Stafford, in favor of Messrs Keeler & Rogers and endorsed by them to the plaintiffs. The note bore date the 22d of Oc. vf .; dv twelve months thereafter to Keeler & Rogers, at the Fulton Bank.
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This action was brought to recover the amount of a joint and several promissory note for $15,000, made by Lewis Benedict, (the defendant) W. S. Dezeng, J. H. & E. S. Beach, Gilbert F. Lush, Gregory & Bain, Chandler Starr, Elias Mather & Co., Spencer Stafford, and H. and S. Stafford, in favor of Messrs Keeler & Rogers and endorsed by them to the plaintiffs. The note bore date the 22d of Oc. vf .; dv twelve months thereafter to Keeler & Rogers, at the Fulton Bank. The declaration contained two special counts upon the note, together with the common counts for money. The first count set forth the…
1Opinion of the CourtJones, C. J.
This was an action by the plaintiffs, as endorsees of a joint and several promissory note for $15,000, payable months afterdate, to the'order of Keeler & Rogers, at the Fulton Bank, against the defendant, one of the makers of the note. It was an accommodation note, made by the defendant and others, at the request of Keeler & Rogers, for. the sole purpose of relieving that house from the immediate pressure of pecuniary difficulties, which threatened to overwhelm them. This note, with another similar note for $5,000, having the same time to run, created by the samé makers, at the same time, and…
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