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· 4/15/1866

Esty v. Snyder

Citations

  • 41 Ill. 363

Syllabus

<p>1. Assignee op promissory note —how far protected against a want of title in his vendor. Where the payee of a promissory note indorses the note in blank and delivers it to another person, no matter for what purpose, he thereby holds the latter out to the world as the owner, and a bona fide purchaser from him, before its maturity, will take a good title.</p> <p>2. Instructions —need not be repeated. It is not error to refuse an instruction which is substantially embodied in other instructions given to the jury.</p>

Judges: Lawrence

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