Newman v. Ravenscroft

This suit was brought in the name of appellee, and on the trial in the court below he read in evidence a note payable to Caroline Newman, upon which the judgment was rendered. We have turned to the transcript of the record, and, after a careful examination of the bill of exceptions, we fail to find any assignment of the note was shown or read in evidence. Without an assignment the note could not authorize a recovery by any person but the payee. The payee, until assignment, holds the legal title, and no one else can sue and recover upon it. This is elementary, and needs neither citation of…