Griffith v. Conway
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Jackson Circuit Court '. — How. R. H. Field, Judge. (1) Plaintiff, holding note for collection, rightfully brings suit in his own name. Webb v. Morgan, 14 Mo. 428; Beattie v. Lett, 28 Mo. 596 ; Snider v. Express Co., 77 Mo. 527 ; Buddington v. Masterbrook, 17 Mo. Aj>p. 579. (2) The transferee of negotiable paper after maturity takes all of the right and title of his transferor.
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Appeal from the Jackson Circuit Court '. — How. R. H. Field, Judge. (1) Plaintiff, holding note for collection, rightfully brings suit in his own name. Webb v. Morgan, 14 Mo. 428; Beattie v. Lett, 28 Mo. 596 ; Snider v. Express Co., 77 Mo. 527 ; Buddington v. Masterbrook, 17 Mo. Aj>p. 579. (2) The transferee of negotiable paper after maturity takes all of the right and title of his transferor. Griffith has all the rights of the National Bank of Kansas City, and the judgment should have been in his favor. Henley v. Holzer, 19 Mo. 459; Dan. on Neg. Inst., secs. 724-726 ; Lee v. Turner, 15 Mo.…
1Opinion of the CourtGill, J.
— This is an action on a promissory note alleged to have been executed by Conway &' O’Dowd, a partnership of which defendant was a member. The note was executed by O’Dowd in the firm-name, and was in the usual form of negotiable paper and payable in terms to P. Mugan or order. Mugan sold and assigned the note before due, to the National Bank of Kansas City. The note was not paid at maturity, and the bank gave it into the hands of the plaintiff Griffith with instructions to sue, but not to sue in the name of the bank. Whereupon Griffith, assuming to hold the same on account of the bank and for…
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