Klein v. Dinkgrave

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

Slidell, J.

The defendants are sued upon a due bill, signed by them, and payable to John M. Crownriteh, or order. It is endorsed as follows: “Pay the within to N. Klein, for whose account the within was taken. J. M. Crownriteh.” The plaintiff, in addition to the usual averments, alleged, “ that Crownriteh transferred the note to him by writing on the back of it the words above-mentioned, that he acted merely as the plaintiff’s agent in taking the note, and that the same is now, and always has been, the plaintiff’s property.

The defence set up by the…