Catskill National Bank v. . Lasher
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered January 16, 1915, affirming a judgment in favor of defendants entered upon a dismissal of the complaint by the court at a Trial Term in an action on two promissory notes indorsed by defendants.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered January 16, 1915, affirming a judgment in favor of defendants entered upon a dismissal of the complaint by the court at a Trial Term in an action on two promissory notes indorsed by defendants. The defense was duress; that a relative of the defendants having forged their indorsements on the notes, in order to compound and settle said felony, on demand of the plaintiff, defendants signed the writing on the hack of the notes, in consideration of which the plaintiff agreed to and did…
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Hiscock, Ch. J., Collin, Hogan, Pound, Crane and Andrews, JJ. Not sitting: Chase, J.
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