Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court May 20, 1899 (Harrington v. Baker)

Holmes, J.

The only question reported is whether the letter accompanying the note which the petitioner discounted gave notice that the indorsement of the firm name was for accommodation. The words with which the letter begins gave that notice in plain terms. “We have good captains in our employ who we frequently assist, and the enclosed I offer you I do not hesitate to say is,” etc.