Schnabel v. Hanover National Bank
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from City Court of New York, Special Term. Action by Richard A. Schnabel and another against the Hanover National Bank of the City of New York. From an order vacating an order for plaintiff’s examination before trial, defendant appeals.
1DissentBijur, J.
Defendant claims its right to an examination substantially on three considerations: First, that it does not know - who the party in plaintiffs’ employ may be whom they charge with having forged their name; second, that it does not know whether or not such person had authority to sign their name; *727third, that it does not know who received the money on the forgeries, nor what names of banks or other persons are indorsed on the instruments alleged to have been forged.
As to the first point, it is apparent that proof that plaintiffs’ name was forged must be made by plaintiffs. It is the very…
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- Reynolds v. CallanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909