Lilly v. Citizens Bank & Trust Co.

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING.

Bell, J.

The county warrant contained no words of negotiability, but under a specific statute the order was assignable and the payee could convey the title by delivery or indorsement. The evidence authorized the inference that the instrument was duly indorsed by the plaintiff, Mrs. Lilly, at the time she delivered it to Wester for safekeeping. Taking the jury’s verdict as the truth as to this issue, the plaintiff has done more than merely to place the instrument in the hands of another for safekeeping, but she delivered it to him with her indorsement thereon. This was…