Aylward v. Rudis

This action in assumpsit was brought by the payee and holder of a promissory note to recover thereon from one of the two makers. The case was tried in the superior court where a jury returned a general verdict for the plaintiff and also a certain special finding in favor of the defendant. Thereafter the defendant’s motion for a new trial was granted by the trial justice and the case is here on the plaintiff’s bill of exceptions to that and other rulings during the trial.

The two defendants named in the writ were Michael Rudis and Daniel J. Aylward, both of whom executed the note which was…