Rambaut v. Tevis
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, William S. Tevis, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 11th day of December, 1913, upon the decision of the court after a trial at the New York Trial Term, a jury having been waived.
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, J.:
This was an action on a promissory note for $5,000 made by the defendant to his own order and indorsed by him, and the question involved was whether the plaintiff was the holder in good faith and without notice of any infirmity therein.
The facts in regard to the making of the note and the delivery of the same with others, amounting in the aggregate to $150,000, by the defendant to Charles W. French, and the diversion thereof by French, have been set forth in the opinion in Coffin v. Tevis (164 App. Div. 314), handed down herewith.
It will be necessary, therefore, to consider only…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Gerard v. . McCormickNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Coffin v. TevisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
3Cited by1 opinion
- Rambaut v. TevisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915