Cory v. Leonard
New York Supreme Court
Appeal by defendants, from a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon the decision of a judge without a jury. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtP. Potter, J.
This is an equity action, tried by a judge without a jury at the Otsego special term, the case is voluminous and the findings of the judge both of fact and conclusions of law, and drawn out at great length. The questions that arise are mostly upon the conclusions of law of the judge. The material points are as follows: The defendants Leonards, as indorsers of bank paper for one William M. Clinton, as maker and principal, at the Second National Bank of Cooperstown, made their indorsements upon the assurance of the officers of the said bank, that certain mortgages to the amount of $35,000, made…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hooker v. . Eagle Bank of RochesterNew York Court of Appeals · 1864
- Prescott v. HullNew York Supreme Court · 1820
- Sexton v. FleetNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1859