Wright v. Bartholomew
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, George Bartholomew and others, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in,the office of the clerk Of the county of Chautauqua on the 18th day of May, 1900, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 4th day of April, 1901, denying the said defendants’ motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Hiscook, J.:
This action was brought by plaintiff to recover upon a promissory note for $1,000 and interest made by appellants and also purporting to be made and signed by ten other parties, and which note was dated December 7, 1896, and payable with interest one year after August 1, 1897, at the Fredonia National Bank to the order of McLaughlin Brothers.
The appellants have urged and do urge as defenses to. said note in substance, first, that it was procured from them by fraud and false representations, and that plaintiff is not such a bonajide holder for value as to be able to enforce it…
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- Canajoharie National Bank v. DiefendorfNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Vosburgh v. . DiefendorfNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Vallett v. ParkerNew York Supreme Court · 1831
- Cheever v. Pittsburgh, Shenango & Lake Erie RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
- Smith v. . WestonNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
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