City of New York Municipal Court April 15, 1899 (Rosenwald v. Goldstein)

McCarthy, J.

The trial - justice was right in excluding the testimony offered by the defendants for the purpose of showing a diversion of the note in suit by H. Koehler & Co.

The plaintiffs became owners of said note prior to its maturity and for a valuable consideration, and had no notice of such alleged diversion.

The fact that plaintiffs gave credit on an antecedent debt due from Koehler & Co.