Columbia River Door Co. v. Timms

It is not necessary for us to determine what the rights of plaintiff would have been prior to the enactment in this state of Negotiable Instruments Law. Plaintiff refers the court to 3 R. O. L., page 881, Section 66, note 15:

“That the omission to insert in an instrument the name of a payee is not a feature or a defect which affects negotiability seems to be well settled by authority. The effect of the omission to name a payee is to invest any bona fide holder with the authority to fill the blank left for that purpose by the drawer or maker.”

Accepting this quotation as authority cited by the…