Source: https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/195/257/
Timestamp: 2019-04-25 14:06:49+00:00

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"holder is a general word, applied to anyone in actual or constructive possession of the bill, and entitled at law to recover or receive its contents from the parties to it."
proceeding in another state, notwithstanding the provision of the fourth article of the Constitution and law of 1790 [Rev.Stat. § 905, et seq.], and notwithstanding the averments contained in the record of the judgment itself."
There has been no departure in the decisions of this Court from the doctrines announced in Thompson v. Whitman, whether the question related to courts of general or to courts of limited or special jurisdiction. It has been repeatedly affirmed. Knowles v. Logansport Gaslight & Coke Co., 19 Wall. 58, 86 U. S. 61; Hall v. Lanning, 91 U. S. 160, 91 U. S. 165; Pennoyer v. Neff, 95 U. S. 714, 95 U. S. 732; Cole v. Cunningham, 133 U. S. 107, 133 U. S. 112; Grover & Baker Machine Co. v. Radcliffe, 137 U. S. 287, 137 U. S. 295; Thormann v. Frame, 176 U. S. 350, 176 U. S. 356; Bell v. Bell, 181 U. S. 175, 181 U. S. 178; Andrews v. Andrews, 188 U. S. 14, 188 U. S. 34. The general jurisdiction of the Ohio court undoubtedly embraced such a cause of action as was set forth in the suit on the note. But we are of opinion that that court had not authority or jurisdiction to render judgment against the obligors if the National Exchange Bank had in fact sold the note, and ceased, before the commencement of that suit, to own it or to be entitled to receive the proceeds to its own use. It was, in such case, in legal effect, a personal judgment without service of process upon the defendants, and without their appearance in person or by an authorized attorney. The proceedings were wanting in due process of law. The obligors never consented to judgment by confession in favor of one who was not the owner of the note or entitled to receive its proceeds, and the warrant of attorney cannot be held to have authorized such a confession.

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