Vogel v. Pyne
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Percy R. Pyne, 2d, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 22d day of November, 1920, on the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 8th day of December, 1920, denying defendant’s motion to set aside the verdict and for a new trial made upon the minutes, and also from an order denying…
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Appeal by the defendant, Percy R. Pyne, 2d, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 22d day of November, 1920, on the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 8th day of December, 1920, denying defendant’s motion to set aside the verdict and for a new trial made upon the minutes, and also from an order denying defendant’s motion for a new trial on the ground of newly-discovered evidence.
1Opinion of the Court
Greenbaum, J.:
Plaintiff sues as assignee of one Harvey C. Sickler upon three causes of action on three promissory notes indorsed by the defendant Pyne. The assignment is based upon a nominal consideration, and dated and acknowledged on the same day as the date when the summons was issued in this action.
The notes, one for $5,000, another for $10,000 and the third for $5,000, were drawn by one Anderson T. Herd on January 15, 1920, to his own order and indorsed by himself and then indorsed by the appellant. Each note was payable four months after date. The notes were negotiated by Herd, who…
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