First National Bank v. Brenner
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action by the indorsee of three bills of exchange against the acceptor, brought to the District Court of Waterbury and tried to the jury before Peck, Acting-Judge; verdict and judgment for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtRoraback, J.
This was an action brought to recover on three bills of exchange drawn by the Lyon-Taylor Company of Iowa City, Iowa, on the defendant at Waterbury, and accepted by him.
All of these written instruments had been indorsed to the plaintiff by the Lyon-Taylor Company before this action was commenced. The defendant paid the first bill when it became due, but refused to pay the others because he claimed that they had been obtained from him by false statements of the Lyon-Taylor Company as to the quality of certain articles of jewelry for which the bills in question were accepted, of which the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Johnson County Savings Bank v. WalkerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1906
3Cited by2 opinions
- State v. LoughlinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1961
- First National Bank of Iowa City v. SmithSupreme Court of Colorado · 1913