Case Name: Abraham J. Pearl, Respondent, v. Adolph Raduziner, Impleaded, Appellant
Court: New York City Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1894-10
Citations: 10 Misc. 45
Docket Number: 
Parties: Abraham J. Pearl, Respondent, v. Adolph Raduziner, Impleaded, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 10
Pages: 45–46

Head Matter:
Abraham J. Pearl, Respondent, v. Adolph Raduziner, Impleaded, Appellant.
(City Court of New York
General Term,
October, 1894.)
Defendant was indorser on certain notes given by Ms wife, wMch were payable, to the order of the plaintiff. It was alleged and proved that the notes were given for goods sold to defendant’s wife, which plaintiff refused to deliver until defendant indorsed the notes. Held, sufficient to show that the purpose of the indorsement was to give credit to the maker, and that as to the plaintiff the defendant was liable as a first indorser.
The fact that the plaintiff may have transferred the subject of the action to another is immaterial where it was returned and Ms former title reinstated before suit was brought, and in such case it is not necessary to allege such retransfer in the complaint.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment directed by the trial judge in favor of the plaintiff.
A. H. Berrioh, for appellant.
S. J. Bh-cmlcenstem, for respondent.

Opinion:
Ehrlich, Gh. J.
The action is on three promissory notes made by Julia Raduziner to the order of the plaintiff, and indorsed by the defendant, Adolph Raduziner, the husband of the maker.
The action is ostensibly against the said Julia Raduziner and Adolph Raduziner; the latter alone defended.
The complaint alleges, and on the trial the plaintiff proved, that the notes were given for goods sold to Julia Raduziner; and that the plaintiff refused to deliver up the property until Adolph Raduziner, her husband, indorsed the obligations.
Thus it was clearly made to appear that the purpose of the indorsement was to give credit to the maker, and that the plaintiff, although nominally the payee in the notes, was in fact and in law a second indorser, Adolph Raduziner becoming the first indorser primarily liable thereon.
The fact that the plaintiff may have transferred the notes to another is of no consequence, for they were returned to him before suit was brought, and his former title reinstated.
It was not necessary to the cause of action to allege such retransfer, because the transaction was in legal effect the same as if no transfer had ever been made by the plaintiff.
The judgment is right, and must be affirmed, with costs.
Xewbubgbr and Eitzsimons, JJ., concur.
Judgment affirmed, with costs.