Calkins v. Vaughan

The pleadings in this ease are unnecessarily voluminous, and we shall not undertake to deal with them in a detailed and technical way.

The action is a simple one to recover on a promissory note; the theory of defendant’s liability being, as stated in the several counts, that he executed the note as a maker, or as an ordinary indorser, or as an accommodated (not accommodation) indorser.

The special defenses set up are (1) that presentment for payment was not made at all, or not properly made, and (2) that notice of, nonpayment or dishonor by the maker, Stanley, was not seasonably given to…