Packard v. Lyon
The Superior Court of New York City
A verdict in. this cause was taken at the trial for the plaintiff, subject to the opinion of the court at General Term, on the single question, whether the presentment for payment of a note, on which the action was brought, was sufficient to charge the endorsers. The facts sufficiently appear, in the opinion of Mr. Justice Slosson.
1Opinion of the CourtBy the Court. Slosson, J.
This is an action against Emeline Deacon, as maker, and Lyon & McLane, as endorsers, of a note for $225, dated 26th Sept., 1854, payable, to the order of the maker, sixty days after the date thereof.
Mrs. Deacon does not defend. The endorsers, Lyon & McLean, alone defend; and the only question is, whether a sufficient presentment of the note and demand of payment had been made of the maker.
Subjoined to Lyon’s endorsement, were the words “ White Plains, Westchester Co.”
The note was deposited for collection, in the Island City Bank of this city.
The certificate of the notary of the bank showed…
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