Bacon v. . Hanna
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fifth judicial department, entered upon an order made January 22, 1892, which affirmed a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a verdict directed by the court. This was an action upon a promissory note made by defendant, J. Sawyer Hanna, payable in two months after date to the order of A. E. Hanna. It was indorsed by the payee and the defendants, Morris W. Hanna and W. Dwight Munger.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fifth judicial department, entered upon an order made January 22, 1892, which affirmed a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a verdict directed by the court. This was an action upon a promissory note made by defendant, J. Sawyer Hanna, payable in two months after date to the order of A. E. Hanna. It was indorsed by the payee and the defendants, Morris W. Hanna and W. Dwight Munger. Morris W. Hanna refused to submit any question to the jury and alone defended. The court directed a verdict for defendant to which…
1Opinion of the CourtFinch, J.
The complaint involved in this appeal respects the ruling of the court, which determined, as matter of law, that due diligence had not been exercised in giving notice of protest to the indorser, and refusing to submit the question, as one of fact, to the decision of the jury. The General Term sustained the ruling, and we are inclined to» approve it, as justified by the facts.
The indorser lived in the town of Hopewell, and his j>ostoffice address was at Chapinville in that town. He had resided in the same place for nineteen years, and at the time of the maturity of the note was supervisor of…
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