Citizens' Bank of Buffalo v. Rung Furniture Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Rung Furniture Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Erie on the 13th day of March, 1902, upon the verdict of a jury, and also' from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 4th day of April, 1902, denying the said defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon- the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
McLennan, J.:
The action was commenced on the 22d day oí May, 1901, to recover the amount of a promissory note in the words and figures following, to wit:
“ $1,500.00.
Buffalo, April 8, 1901.
One month after date we promise to pay to the order of Frances C. Rung, fifteen hundred dollars, at Citizens’ Bank of Buffalo. Value received. . " ;
“ THE RUNG FURNITURE CO.,
“ Charles N. Rung, Treasurer.”
The signatures to the note were made by Charles N. Rung, who was in fact treasurer of the defendant corporation and one of its directors,' and was by him delivered to the payee, Frances C. Rung. She indorsed…
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