Calhoun v. Albin
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Buchanan. County Common. Pleas' Court. I. As payees of the note sued, the plaintiffs below had a right to strike out all indorsements on said, note; and sue as payees. (Glasgow v. Switzer, 12 Mo. 895.) n. As holders of said nbte they had. a fight, under the statute, to sue in their own name. I. After the note in suit had been transferred to Strong for the use of the Union Printing Company, that company could not have sued on it in a court of law.
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Appeal from Buchanan. County Common. Pleas' Court. I. As payees of the note sued, the plaintiffs below had a right to strike out all indorsements on said, note; and sue as payees. (Glasgow v. Switzer, 12 Mo. 895.) n. As holders of said nbte they had. a fight, under the statute, to sue in their own name. I. After the note in suit had been transferred to Strong for the use of the Union Printing Company, that company could not have sued on it in a court of law. Sherwood was a member of the firm of P. Biiss & Co., the maker of the note, and was also a member of the Union Printing Company. To…
1Opinion of the CourtCurrier, Judge
This suit is brought against the firm of P. Bfiss & Co., to recover the amount claimed to be due upon the firm’s negotiable promissory note to the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs sue as payees, although it appears that the note is in fact held by them as the assignees of a business firm known as the Union Printing Company. The note was drawn by the firm of P. Bliss & Co. to the order of the plaintiffs, and was by the plaintiffs, at its maturity, indorsed in full and delivered to- J. W. Strong for the use and benefit of the Printing Company.
*306The plaintiffs indorsed it without recourse, and received…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hill v. McPhersonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1851
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