Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1939

Brooks v. Slawson

Brooks v. Slawson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided March 22, 1939
256 A.D. 1052; 10 N.Y.S.2d 878; 1939 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 6028
Brooks v. Slawson

Opinion of the Court

Order reversed on the law, with ten dollars costs and disbursements, and motion to strike out plaintiff’s reply and for summary judgment on defendant’s counterclaim granted, with ten dollars costs. Memorandum: The note upon which the counterclaim is based was unquestionably an accommodation note but we find no substantial evidence that the plaintiff’s testator’was incompetent at the time the transaction was had in which the note was signed, and delivered. We find no substantial evidence in the affidavits to sustain any of the defenses alleged in the plaintiff’s reply. All concur. (The order denies defendant’s motion to strike out plaintiff's reply and for judgment on defendant’s counterclaim, in an action in conversion.) Present — Sears, P. J., Crosby, Lewis, Cunningham and Dowling, JJ.

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