Importers & Traders' National Bank v. Shaw

This is an action against Fayette Shaw and Brackley Shaw, as copartners under the name of F. Shaw and Brothers, as indorsers of four promissory notes. No service was made on Brackley Shaw, who was out of the Commonwealth, and the action proceeded against Fayette Shaw alone. The demand was made upon the makers of each note, and notice of its non-payment was duly sent by mail to the indorsers, addressed to the firm in Boston. The only question is whether there was evidence upon which the judge, who tried the case without a jury, could find that the notices so addressed were sufficient.

Fayette…