22 N.Y.S. 612 | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | 1893
This action was begun March 6,1891, to recover on an instrument of which the following is a copy:
“May 2, 1887.
“On demand, I promise to pay Evelyn Mi Trost the sum of three hundred dollars, ($300.) J. C. Hinman.”
It is alleged in the complaint that the instrument at its date was made and delivered to the plaintiff; that payment thereof had been duly demanded; and that no part thereof had been paid. These allegations are not denied in the answer, but it is averred therein, as a sole defense, that the note had been sold and assigned to John Devlin, who, when the action was begun, was the lawful owner thereof, and the real party in interest. To establish this defense, the defendant introduced in evidence a written instrument dated June 24, 1890, and signed by the plaintiff, by which, in terms, she assigned to John Devlin all her “right, title, and interest in and to any and all claims and demands I have acquired against Jabez C. Sloat and Charles J. Hinman, or either or both of them, at the date of these