Jordan v. First National Bank

1. “A note payable to the order of the maker is negotiable.” 3 R. C. L. 877, 878, § 62. Bills or notes payable to the drawer or maker himself are valid negotiable instruments when indorsed by the maker or drawer. Id. 880, § 65, and cases there cited. “A promissory note payable to the order of the maker thereof and properly indorsed by him is a negotiable instrument.” Pryor v. American Trust & Banking Co., 15 Ga. App. 822 (84 S. E. 312). Such an instrument, after indorsement by the maker, “becomes a valid promissory note of which the indorsee is the pa)^.” 4 Am. & Eng. Enc. of Law (2d ed.),…