Shattuck v. Eldredge
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Three actions oe contract, the first being upon two promissory notes, the second upon two checks, and the third upon one check. The cases were tried together, in the Superior Court, before Hammond, J., who directed the jury to return a verdict for the plaintiff in each case; and the defendant alleged exceptions, which appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBarker, J.
Of the five pieces of negotiable paper sued on, the two included in the first action were notes made by the defendant payable to his own order, and indorsed in blank by him and by Alfred A. Marcus and Son. The other three, designated as checks in the bill of exceptions, were time drafts drawn by the defendant upon a bank to the order of A. A. Marcus and Son, and indorsed in blank by the payee.
At the trial the plaintiff produced the notes and drafts, and the defendant admitted his signatures and indorsements upon the same. They were all made in the year 1894, and were as follows: a note of…
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