Kerr v. Dyer
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Action on the case by holder of note against indorser. The case was heard at the April term, A. D. 1917, of the Superior Court, Cumberland County. At close of plaintiff’s testimony, court ordered verdict for defendant; to which ruling, plaintiff filed exceptions. Case stated in opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBird, J.
This is an action of assumpsit upon a promissory note of the tenor following:—
*404$300. Portland, Maine, June 8, 1909.
Four months after date I promise to pay to the order of A. W. Dyer, Three Hundred Dollars, at any Bank in Portland, Maine.
Value received with interest.
C. B. Dalton.
The note bore the following indorsements “A. W. Dyer, Lorenzo F. Dyer, Theodore Kerr. Previous indorsements guaranteed. Pay to the order of Portland National Bank, Portland, Maine. Westbrook Trust Company, Westbrook, Maine. W. M. Lamb, Treas.”
The declaration alleged an indorsement of the note by the payee to Lorenzo F.…
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