Farmers & Merchants Bank of Sun Prairie v. Gordon ex rel. Lewison

The question whether the defendant Gordon sold the note to the defendant Amble, or merely gave it to him for collection, is not material to the determination of this case, because it appears without controversy that the plaintiff bank was a holder of the note in due course, having discounted it in good faith for value before maturity in the usual'course of its business without notice of any defect in the title of the defendant Amble.

Before the enactment of the Uniform Negotiable Instruments Law it was settled that “When a bill or note is made payable at a bank, it is considered a sufficient…