Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court October 17, 1906 (Toole v. Crafts)

Hammond, J,

This is an action upon a promissory note dated April 2, 1900, signed by the defendant Howard A. Crafts and payable to the order of the plaintiff on demand. Before its delivery to the plaintiff the other defendant Linus D. Crafts,.who alone defends, placed his name upon the back of it. He is therefore liable only as an indorser. St. 1898, c. 533, § 63, now R. L. c. 73, § 80.