Maurice v. Fowler
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of Hew York, borough of Manhattan, first district, rendered in favor of the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtLehman, J.
The plaintiff sues upon two notes which the defendant admits making. The answer attempts to set up a defense to the first cause of action that the defendant made the note only for the accommodation of the original payee; and as a defense to the second cause of action he sets up the Statute of Limitations.
*358At the trial evidence was received upon both these issues, and the trial justice rendered judgment in favor of the defendant on both causes of action. The record is somewhat confused, but I think it sufficiently appears that the plaintiff received these notes as security for a pre-existing…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Lehrenkrauss v. . BonnellNew York Court of Appeals · 1910
3Cited by3 opinions
- Brown v. BrownCity of New York Municipal Court · 1915
- Broderick & Bascom Rope Co. v. Margaret McGrath & Henry J. McCoy Co.New York Supreme Court · 1913
- William Trimbey Co. v. LindblomAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1924