Brooklyn National Bank v. John J. Sullivan, Inc.

The plaintiff bank loaned to defendant John J. Sullivan $3,000, for which he gave two promissory notes payable to the bank. When a renewal of one of these notes fell due, it was charged against the balance of defendant John J. Sullivan, Inc., in the bank.

Subsequently two actions were brought: (1) By the bank in the City Court in Brooklyn against Sullivan individually and the Sullivan corporation to recover $1,500 on the theory that the money was “ loaned and advanced to the defendant John J. Sullivan, *287Inc., acting by and through the defendant, John J. Sullivan, as its agent.” On the trial of…