Jefferson County National Bank v. Dewey
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
■ Appeal by the plaintiff, The Jefferson Oo.unty National Bank, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, Adelaide W. Dewey, as executrix, etc., of Addice E. Dewey,, deceased, and another, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Jefferson on the 8th day of April, 1903, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial before the court without a jury at the Jefferson Trial Term, dismissing the plaintiff’s complaint as to said…
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■ Appeal by the plaintiff, The Jefferson Oo.unty National Bank, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, Adelaide W. Dewey, as executrix, etc., of Addice E. Dewey,, deceased, and another, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Jefferson on the 8th day of April, 1903, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial before the court without a jury at the Jefferson Trial Term, dismissing the plaintiff’s complaint as to said defendants. The action was brought to recover from certain indorsers of a note of the Eureka Chemical Company an amount unpaid…
1Dissent
Williams, J. (dissenting):
The judgment should be reversed and a new trial granted, with costs to appellant to abide event.
The action was brought to recover the amount unpaid upon a note and costs incurred in an effort to collect the same from the maker, these defendants being indorsers upon the note.
Most of the facts are undisputed. The Eureka Chemical Com-
*447pany, a corporation doing business at Syracuse, N. Y., December 25, 1891, made its note for $2,800 payable three months after date to the order of Dewey, Nettleton, Farmer, Phillips, and two Copleys. All the payees indorsed the note and it…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Jefferson County National Bank v. TownleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
- Jefferson County National Bank v. TownleyNew York Supreme Court · 1895