Case Name: Steinfeld v. Taylor
Court: Illinois Appellate Court
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Decision Date: 1894-01-11
Citations: 51 Ill. App. 399
Docket Number: 
Parties: Steinfeld v. Taylor.
Judges: 
Reporter: Illinois Appellate Court Reports
Volume: 51
Pages: 399–400

Head Matter:
Steinfeld v. Taylor.
1. Parties Litigant—To Sue in Their Right Names.—By whatever name a person may contract, he may, notwithstanding, sue and be sued by his right name.
2. Promissory Notes—Control of Indorsements.—The .payee of a promissory note, having the same in his possession, is presumed to be tin-owner of it and has the control over it. He may strike out indorsements upon it.
3. Objections to Record—On Rehearing.—Objections to the record can not be made for the first time upon a petition for rehearing.
Memorandum,—Assumpsit on promissory note. Appeal from tluCircuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Richard 8. Tuthill, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1893, and affirmed.
Opinion filed January 11, 1894.
The statement of facts is contained in the opinion of the court.
Weigley, Bulkley & Gray, attorneys for appellant.
J. V. A. "Weaver, attorney for appellee,

Opinion:
Mr. Justice Waterman
delivered the opinion of the Court.
Appellant brought suit in his own ¿ame for a note reading as follows:
" $090. Chicago, Nov. 15, 1892.
Four months after date I promise to pay to the order of Wm. M. Taylor Mantel & Grate Co. six hundred and ninety dollars, payable at the Metropolitan National Bank, value received, with interest at 6 per cent per annum.
Louis E. Steinfeld."
Indorsement upon said note: "Pay to the order of the American Exchange National Bank, Chicago.
Wm. M. Taylor Mantel «fe Grate Go.
Wm. M. Taylor, Prop."
Amasa Jones testified that there was due for principal and interest on said note $114.15.
The Court: Q. What relationship does William M. Taylor bear to the William M. Taylor Mantel & Grate Co., and is he interested in the business %
"Witness, Amasa Jones: A. William M. Taylor is doing business under the name of William M. Taylor Mantel & Grate Co., and is the sole proprietor of said business.
There was judgment for Wm. M. Taylor from which appellant appeals.
By whatever name one may contract, he may sue and be sued by his right name.
The testimony of Amasa Jones showed to whom the note really ran. The indorsement to the American National Bank was one which the plaintiff, having the note in his possession, was at liberty to strike out; the note being payable to him and in his possession, is presumed to belong to him and he has control over it. Brinkley v. Going, Breese, 366; Porter v. Cushman, 19 Ill. 574; Best v. Nokomis Nat. Bank, 76 Ill. 610; Curtis v. Martin, 20 Ill. 557; Daniel on Neg. Instruments, Vol. 456, 638, 662.
The judgment of the Circuit Court is affirmed.