Berke v. Bregman

Opinion bx

Me. Justice Cohen,

This is an appeal from a judgment of the court below, sitting without a jury, in favor of plaintiffappellee, Berke, against defendant-appellant, Bregman. The judgment was on an instrument in which appellant acknowledges that he owes $23,000 to appellee; that he will make every effort to pay as soon as possible, but that, in the meantime he will liquidate the debt at $50 per week, and, finally, that “[t]his arrangement is without recourse.”

From its face, it is apparent that this memorandum is not a negotiable instrument. The record discloses that this writing was…