Cuming v. Roderick
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Mari A. Cuming, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant George W. Roderick, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 19th day of October, 1896, upon the dismissal of her complaint directed by the court after a trial at the New York Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Patterson, J.:
This action was brought to recover the amount of a promissory note made by the defendant Carpenter and indorsed by the defendant Roderick. The case came to trial upon the complaint and. answer *340of the defendant Roderick. The complaint was dismissed on the ground of the failure of proof sufficient to charge the indorser with liability, and from that judgment this appeal is taken.
The facts, as they appeared on the trial, were that Carpenter and Roderick had been partners in business prior to the date of the note in suit; that they had made, during their copartnership, a note in…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Coulter v. . RichmondNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
3Cited by3 opinions
- Haddock, Blanchard Co. v. . HaddockNew York Court of Appeals · 1908
- Cuming v. RoderickAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
- Cuming v. RoderickAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899