Case Name: Blake and Green vs. Wheaton
Court: North Carolina Superior Court
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 1799-11
Citations: 2 Hayw. 109
Docket Number: 
Parties: Blake and Green vs. Wheaton.
Judges: John Louis Tayloe, jo.\'i JLyywood, J. Judges.
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 3
Pages: 109–110

Head Matter:
Wilmington,
November Term, 1799.
John Louis Tayloe, jo.\'i JLyywood, J. Judges.
Blake and Green vs. Wheaton.
Vy'BS.;i and his partner drew a note pavable to Whet - * * ion o> order, who endorsed to the plaintiffs. — -There was a verdict for dm plaintiffs, and a motion in arrest of judgment; and upon argument, Mr. Jocelyn insisted that while .he note was in the hands of Wheatbon, no action Could be maintained upon it; he being one of the payers as well as the pavtc, ho : oiild not fjit'í him -elf, nor could he sue another alone ; and as he bad no right of action himself, he could not üansfer sach right te another.

Opinion:
Per curiam.
We rriav consider this paper as an authority op-power given by both partners to Wfaeadim, to draw on the partnership effects in favor of some third person ; and as an engagement of the partners, that it shall be paid, which is an acceptance ; and then it is an order di-awn by Wheafbn and accepted by himself and partner in favor of the plaintiffs, which is a-valid-contract. It is not unusual for partners to draw, payable to themselves or their order; 2 Doug. 653 : and lor one or both-to endorse to some third person, then why not two promise to pay to the order of one i
Judgment for the plaintiffs.,