Legal Opinion

First National Bank v. Gridley

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided April 20, 1906PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal by the defendant, Helen M. Gridley, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 13th day of April, 1904, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court after a trial at the Kings County Trial Term.

1Opinion of the Court

Miller, J.:

The' plaintiff seeks in the alternative to recover upon the defendant’s alleged indorsement ‘ of two promissory notes of which the following are respectively copies:

“ $20,000.00-100. Finir months after date for value received I promise to pay to the order of B. F. Tracy, M. S. Driggs, T. F. Goodrich and Mrs. H. M. Gridley at the First National Bank, Brooklyn, N. Y., Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00).

“New York, Jem. 6th, 1902. C. M._COBTJBN.”

Indorsed : “ Fay First Nat’l Bank Brooklyn, or Order.

“ For renewal only. Mrs. H. M. Gridley

“Thos. F. Goodrich

“B. F. Tracy

“Marshall S.…

2Cases cited13 opinions

Jaffray v. . DavisNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
Sheldon v. . HortonNew York Court of Appeals · 1870
Larkin v. . HardenbrookNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
Nat. Park Bk. v. . G.A.M.W. S. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1889
Chanoine v. FowlerNew York Supreme Court · 1829

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3Cited by11 opinions

Manufacturers Trust Co. v. SteinhardtNew York Court of Appeals · 1934
Clapper v. GambleCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1928
International Bank of Coalgate v. Mullen MullenSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1911
American Trust Co. v. New York Credit Men's Adjustment Bureau, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1953
First National Bank v. DanielSupreme Court of Kansas · 1933

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