Bell v. Whitestone

Louis Whitestone sued Bell upon a promissory note of the defendant, payable to the order of M. Welensky & Co., indorsed in blank “M. Welensky & Co., Morris Welensky,” and further indorsed as follows: “Pay to the United' States Mortgage & Trust Company or order, 153 West 129 St., New York City. L. Whitestone.” The note was admitted in evidence, over the objection that it showed on its face that the title thereto was not in Whitestone. The court did not err in overruling this objection. In Dugan v. The United States, 3 Wheaton, 172, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that if any…