Miller v. Roach

This is an action of contract brought by the payee of a promissory note in the usual form, containing the words “ we promise to pay,” with nothing in the body of the note to indicate who are meant by the word “ we.” On that part of the note where the signature is usually found, there is stamped a large circular corporate seal, upon the face of which, in a circle near its outer edge, appear in print the words, “ New York Skating Rink Construction Company,” and in the centre of it the words, “ Incorporated 1884.” A little to the left, and below the centre of the seal, in such position that the…