Richardson v. Erckens
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, John Oscar Erckens, 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 7th day of April, 1900, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court after a trial at the New York Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Patterson, J.:
The defendant appeals from a judgment entered upon a verdict directed for the plaintiff. The action was upon a promissory note, dated January 23, 1896, made in the firm name of Hinck & Ould, for the sum of $20,000, payable twelve months after date to the order of Christopher Richardson, the plaintiff. The members of the firm, the makers of the note, were Henry J. Hinck, Thomas Ould and John Oscar Erckens. Erckens alone defended. In his answer he admits the copartnership, and that the note sued on had not been paid, but he asserts that it was not an obligation of his firm, and…
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