Bank of Chenango v. Curtiss
New York Supreme Court
THIS was an action of assumpsit, tried at the Chenango circuit, in June, 1821, before Mr. Justice Van Mss. The declaration was of the term of August, 1819, against JohnG.
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THIS was an action of assumpsit, tried at the Chenango circuit, in June, 1821, before Mr. Justice Van Mss. The declaration was of the term of August, 1819, against JohnG. Curtiss, Thomas Greenly, Joseph Morse, and Joseph Enos, defendants, “ for that, whereas the before-named defendants, on the 17th day of November, 1818, at the town of Eaton, to wit, at Norwich, in the county of Chenango, made a certain note in writing, commonly called a promissory-note, their own proper hands and names being thereunto subscribed, bearing date the same day and year last aforesaid, and, then and there,…
1Opinion of the CourtWoodworth, J.
The act incorporating the Bank of Chenango, enacts, “ that all the parties, whether makers, obligors, drawers, endorsers, or guarantees, of any note, bond, or bill, discounted at said bank, or pledged for money due to the same, are declared to be joint makers, obligors, or drawers, and as such shall and may be sued, declared against, and prosecuted to judgment and execution, jointly; provided, that nothing in the act contained shall alter, or in any way affect the legal liabilities of the parties, or any of them.’’
The defendants are the makers and endorsrs of a promissory note, against whom…
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