Order reversed, on the law, with costs, motion granted, and cross motion denied.
The instrument upon which the plaintiffs have sued meets all the requisites of a note (UCC 3-104 [1], [2] [d], [3]; Carnwright v Gray, 127 N.Y. 92). The fact that payment becomes due upon such an instrument only on the debtor's death does not render it an invalid attempt at a substitute for a testamentary disposition (Hegeman v Moon, 131 N.Y. 462) unless the instrument involves...
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