Legal Opinion

Cole v. Harrison

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided May 7, 1915PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal by the plaintiff, Edward F. Cole, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 16th day of December, 1914, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 14th day of December, 1914, denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.

1Opinion of the Court

Dowling, J.:

The action is brought upon a promissory note made by defendant to the order of Donald McLean, dated February 20, 1911, for the sum of $15,000, payable at the National Park Bank three months after date, with interest, and indorsed by Donald McLean, and by him transferred to plaintiff. It appears that the defendant was a client of McLean’s, who had originally obtained from her certain promissory notes signed by her to pay a balance due on an investment in what is called the “ Minwax ” business, purchased by her from Clifford L. Miller & Co. in January, 1910. These notes were…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Cheever v. Pittsburgh, Shenango & Lake Erie RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1896

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Gerseta Corporation v. Wessex-Campbell Silk Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1924
  2. MacK v. DaileyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1924
  3. Oliner v. GoldenbergAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915
  4. A. E. McBee Co. v. ShoemakerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916
  5. Dutch v. McMahonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1927

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