Finance Corp. of New England, Inc. v. Maynard

The first action is in contract brought to recover upon a promissory note for $25,000, payable to the order of the plaintiff, made by the Suffield-Berlin Trap Rock Company and indorsed by the defendants. It was tried with the other, an action of contract or tort, for fraudulently inducing Maynard to indorse the note. The trial judge, stating that the same results could be obtained by submitting only the first case to the jury, directed a verdict for the defendant in the second one, subject to Maynard’s exception. In the main case the jury returned a verdict for the Finance Corporation (herein…