Case Name: Charles G. Riehl, Appellant, v. Arthur C. Austin, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1917-05-22
Citations: 221 N.Y. 527
Docket Number: 
Parties: Charles G. Riehl, Appellant, v. Arthur C. Austin, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 221
Pages: 527–528

Head Matter:
Charles G. Riehl, Appellant, v. Arthur C. Austin, Respondent.
(Submitted May 8, 1917;
decided May 22, 1917.)
Riehl v. Austin, 163 App. Div. 856, affirmed.
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered April 22,1914, affirming a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a verdict. The action was brought against the defendant as indorser to recover the amount due on a promissory note for $3,000, dated May 25, 1909, made by the Architects’ Standard Bronze Company, payable to its own order six months after date. Two defenses were interposed:" (1) That the note had been' paid, satisfied and discharged; and (2) that the defendant had been discharged from liability as indorser by the sale and surrender, without his knowledge or con sent, of certain collateral security for the payment of the note.
Frederick Stewart for appellant.
Morris A. Hulett and Henderson Peck for respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Hiscock, Ch. J., Chase, Cuddeback, Hogan, Cardozo and Pound, JJ. Not sitting: McLaughlin, J.