Pelly v. Naylor

The verdict in this case was recovered upon a promissory note made by the defendant for the sum of $553 on the 23d of August, 1889. The note was payable to the order of the maker, and indorsed by him, payable to the order of Thomas Griffiths, who afterwards indorsed the same to the plaintiff. The note originated in the same transaction as the note on which the judgment was recovered by the same plaintiff against William M. Oriderdonk. The defendant was one of the associates who formed the corporation which purchased the inventions or compounds of Griffiths by issuing to him the whole amount…