Money v. Hart

Rodney, J.,

delivering the opinion of the Court:

In the record before me, there is not one word indicative of any delivery of the note by the payee to the bank, but the note remained, after the endorsement, in the hands of the payee until its entry by the Justice of the Peace and under the statute the note became a part of the record. The note expressly authorizes entry of judgment in favor of the holder. Under these circumstances, judgment was properly entered at the suit of the payee.

The question remains as to the form of the judgment with reference to the name of the payee. Many Courts do…