Davey v. Jones

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Van Syckel, J.

This is a suit upon a promissory note,, drawn by Lewis D. Jones to the order of the defendant, Evan Jones, and by him endorsed to the plaintiff. The note was payable at the First National Bauk of Jersey City. The plaintiff resides at Finderne, in Somerset county, and the defendant at Plainfield, in the county of Union, in this state. The plaintiff endorsed the note, and left it, before its maturity,, for collection, at the First National Bank of Jersey City, to the officers of which he was known, and where he had been a dealer and…