Case Name: SPIRO et al. v. MAIMAN et al.
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1905-06-22
Citations: 94 N.Y.S. 358
Docket Number: 
Parties: SPIRO et al. v. MAIMAN et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 94
Pages: 358–359

Head Matter:
SPIRO et al. v. MAIMAN et al.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Term.
June 22, 1905.)
Payment—Acceptance oe Note—Right to Recover on Original Debt.
A creditor taking a note for Ms claim, believing that it was indorsed as agreed, may, on finding that it was not so indorsed, and objecting thereto, recover on the claim without returning the note; no demand for its return having been made by the debtor.
[Ed. Note.—For cases in point, see vol. 39, Cent. Dig. Payment, § 141.] MacLean, J., dissenting.
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, Ninth District."
■ Action by Abraham I. Spiro and another against Morris Maiman and another. From a judgment for plaintiffs, defendants appeal.
Affirmed.'
Argued before SCOTT, P. J., and DUGRO and MacLEAN, JJ.
Louis Scheuer, for appellants. .
Spiro & Wasservogel, pro se.

Opinion:
SCOTT, P. J.
There is abundant evidence that plaintiff never accepted the $200 note which was left with him. He took it, believing it to have been properly indorsed, and, as soon as he found that it was not, he objected that it was not what he had agreed to take. Of course, he is bound to return it on demand, but no demand has been made.
The judgment should be affirmed, with costs.
DUGRO, J., concurs.