Griffin v. Colonial Bank

The Colonial Bank brought suit on a promissory note under seal, against the Griffin-Plowden Company, a partnership composed of IV. IV. Griffin and R. E. Plowden. The note was signed “Griffin-Plowden Company, R. E. Plowden,” and the suit was by an innocent holder before maturity. W. W. Griffin, individually and for the firm of Griffin-Plowden Company, filed a plea which, according to an abridged statement of his counsel in their brief submitted to this court, set up two defenses: (1) that “the note sued on was an accommodation paper of the firm unauthorized by Griffin, and, if binding at all,…