Morlet v. Maus

In my opinion plaintiff in this case is not a holder in due course for the reason that the notes were not indorsed by the payee, what purports to be his signature having been placed on the back of the notes by the hand of another in his absence and without his knowledge or consent, though afterwards ratified by him when testifying as a witness on the trial of the case. The fact that the payee's signature was written by his father, in whom the son had every confidence as a manager of his business and who had been given a sort of blanket authority to act for him in such matters, might be said…