Burke v. Smith

The decision of this case turns upon the validity vel non, of certain promissory notes, dated January 6th, 1908, and payable to the plaintiff, Edward F. Burke, for $5,500. The notes were executed by the Fitzgerald-Wedge Company, and signed by its president J. J. Smith, and by its secretary and treasurer, William L. Horton. They were endorsed by J. J. Smith and Robert H. Shriver, the defendants, and by William L. Horton, now deceased. The suit was bought by the plaintiff as payee of the notes, to recover of the defendants as individual endorsers.

The Fitzgerald-Wedge Company was a corporation…