Bank of Italy v. West Indies Importing Co.

Ferguson, J.,

This is an action of assumpsit against the defendant corporation upon a draft made by Bartolomeo Pio on Brown Brothers & Company to the order of Henderson-Longton Company, and endorsed by them to the plaintiff. An affidavit of defence raising a question of law has been filed, in which the point is taken that the defendant in this action is not a party to the instrument on which suit is brought, and, therefore, is not chargeable thereon.

Section 18 of the Negotiable Instruments Act of May 16,1901, P. L. 194,198, provides that “no person is liable on the instrument whose signature…