MILLARD J. BLOOMER, Respondent, v. ELEANOR L. COFFIN, as Executrix of JAMES A. COFFIN, Deceased, Appellant.
Court of Appeals of the State of New York
October 19, 1926
243 N.Y. 610
Bills, notes and checks — action against executor of indorser of promissory note — sufficiency of notice of protest.
(Argued September 29, 1926; decided October 19, 1926.)
APPEAL from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered May 25, 1926, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict. The action was to recover the amount due on a promissory note of which defendant‘s intestate was an indorser. The defense was that due notice of non-payment of the note was not given to defendant, testator having died a few days after the making of the note. It appeared that notice of protest had been mailed addressed to testator at his former office and there was testimony that after his death all mail received at the office addressed to testator was forwarded to defendant‘s attorney.
George H. Bruce and Ronald K. Brown for appellant.
Frank Parker Ufford for respondent.
Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: HISCOCK, Ch. J., CARDOZO, POUND, MCLAUGHLIN, CRANE, ANDREWS and LEHMAN, JJ.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. CHARLES T. MCKENZIE, Appellant.
Court of Appeals of the State of New York
October 19, 1926
243 N.Y. 610
Crimes — libel — judgment of conviction affirmed.
People v. McKenzie, 217 App. Div. 754, affirmed.
(Argued September 30, 1926; decided October 19, 1926.)
APPEAL from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered June 1, 1926, which affirmed a judgment of the Orange County Court rendered upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of libel.
Henry Hirschberg for appellant.
Elmer H. Lemon for respondent.
Judgment affirmed; no opinion.
Concur: HISCOCK, Ch. J., CARDOZO, POUND, MCLAUGHLIN, CRANE, ANDREWS and LEHMAN, JJ.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ALBERT GRANNO, Appellant.
Court of Appeals of the State of New York
October 19, 1926
243 N.Y. 611
Crimes — robbery in first degree — judgment of conviction affirmed.
People v. Granno, 217 App. Div. 801, affirmed.
(Argued September 30, 1926; decided October 19, 1926.)
APPEAL from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered July 3, 1926, which affirmed a judgment of the Schenectady County Court rendered upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of robbery in the first degree.
Walter A. Fullerton, James A. Leary and H. A. Gordon for appellant.
Harold E. Blodgett, District Attorney, for respondent.
Judgment affirmed; no opinion.
Concur: HISCOCK, Ch. J., CARDOZO, POUND, MCLAUGHLIN, CRANE, ANDREWS and LEHMAN, JJ.
PAUL E. MEYER, Respondent, v. MORRIS ROSENTHAL, Appellant.
Court of Appeals of the State of New York
October 19, 1926
243 N.Y. 611
Bills, notes and checks — indorsement — evidence — action by indorser of promissory note to recover from prior indorser amount paid — parol evidence showing that though his name appeared first on note, plaintiff had indorsed after defendant, proper.
Meyer v. Rosenthal, 216 App. Div. 766, affirmed.
(Submitted September 30, 1926; decided October 19, 1926.)
APPEAL, by permission, from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered March 23, 1926, unanimously affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a