Brown v. Brown
City of New York Municipal Court
Action on the commercial calendar of the City Court upon a promissory note for $1,000, made by the defendant to the order of the plaintiff. Motion by the defendant to set aside a verdict directed for the plaintiff upon the trial.
1Opinion of the CourtRansom, J.
The verdict directed in favor of the payee of the promissory note in suit should stand. Rowan, the maker, owed money to Schwanner Brothers, and had a deal on with them, under which he was to pay them $5,000 if a certain steam yacht was sold. Schwanner Brothers owed $4,000 to the .plaintiff Brown for merchandise, and he was pressing them for payment. Schwanner Brothers told Rowan this and obtained from Rowan his note for $1,000, payable to the order of Brown. The Schwanners took this note to Connecticut and gave it to Brown, who cred- ■ ited it in reduction of their debt to him and gave them a…
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