Burch v. Daniel
Supreme Court of Georgia
Complaint on notes. Before Judge Hart. Laurens superior court. July term,. 1896.
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, P. J.
In order to authorize one to institute and maintain in his own name an action upon a promissory note, the legal title to the paper must be in the plaintiff.
*229This was an action by Daniel upon promissory notes which were originally payable to John A. Fretwell, or order. Upon each of the notes was written the following transfer: “For value received, I hereby sell and transfer the within note to C. S. Pope, without recourse on me. J. A. Fretwell. ” Without the knowledge or consent of the makers of the notes, the word “order” had been in each of them erased, and the word “bearer” substituted in '…
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