Lamb v. Story

An instrument, a copy of which appears herewith,* was by Lamb traded off to Story for a horse. *490Some sixteen days after the exchange and delivery of this instrument to Story, he requested Lamb to endorse it, and there is some dispute between the parties as to what then took place, as well as to the original agreement, under which Lamb claimed he had refused to endorse or to make himself in any way liable thereon, and he also claimed that he endorsed the same simply to enable Story to sue and collect the same in his own name.

It is now claimed that this instrument was not a negotiable promissory…