Order and judgment reversed, with $10 costs and disbursements, and motion denied, with $10 costs.
All instruments including the check were passed simultaneously and thus constituted a single transaction. (Benedict v. Cowden, 49 N.Y. 396; Manufacturers Trust Co. v. Steinhardt, 265 N.Y. 145.)
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