Medeiros v. Fellsway Motors, Inc.

This is an action of contract against the drawer of a check. The judge found that the plaintiff was a holder for value, and that, the date of the check having been changed from October 25, 1946, to October 28, 1946, this alteration was apparent on inspection and constituted an infirmity in the instrument which prevented the plaintiff from being a holder in due course. He found for the defendant and reported the case to this court under a stipulation that, if he was in error, judgment was to be entered for the plaintiff, otherwise judgment was to be entered for the defendant.

The defendant, a…