Court Opinion

ID: 8046733
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-09-09 04:00:12.141579+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:37:31.698603
License: Public Domain

By the Court.
The indorser of a note, when it is returned to bim, after protest, may strike out bis own indorsement, although .it is in full, and maintain an action on it in bis own name. Dugan v. U. S., 3 Wheat. 183; Piquet v. Curtis, 1 Sum. 480; Thompson v. Robinson, 4 Johns. 21; Emerson v. Cutts, 12 Mass. 78; Nevins v. De Grand, 15 Mass. 438; Bank of Utica v. Smith, 18 Johns. 230; Norris v. Badger, 6 Cow. 455; Chat. Co. Bank v. Davis, 21 Wend. 584; Chit, on Bills, 230, n. a; Edw. on Bills, 271.

Judgment for the plaintiff.