J. R. WATKINS CO. v. SHAFFER


15 A.D.2d 613 (1961)

J. R. Watkins Company, Appellant, v. Edward W. Shaffer, Defendant, and Harold Evans et al., Respondents

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

December 29, 1961


In this action for $3,246.33 based on a written guarantee by defendants of the account of one of plaintiff's salesmen, a jury has found a verdict for defendants discharging them of any liability. The theory of defense was that the purported signatures of the defendants on the written guarantee were all forgeries. The testimony of defendants indicates, however, that they signed a paper at the salesman's request to guarantee payment for samples; in the words of one of defendants...

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