Camp v. Heelan

The plaintiff sues upon a negotiable promissory note drawn by the defendant, and payable to the order of the St. Louis, Cairo & Johnsonville Packet Company. The petition avers that the payees, for value, indorsed and delivered the note, while current, to John P. Camp, the original plaintiff, now deceased. The answer admits the execution of the note, but denies its transfer; denies that the party indorsing it was the treasurer or other agent of the packet company, having authority to indorse the note and pass the title; and then sets up, as an affirmative defense, that the note was obtained…