Johnston v. McDonald

Citations

• 41 S.C. 81
• 19 S.E. 65
• 1894 S.C. LEXIS 77

Syllabus

<p>1. Notes — Endorsement by Stranger.- — ■'Where a note is made by A payable to B, and the name of C is written across the back, 0 is neither endorser nor guarantor; nor is he liable as maker unless it is shown that his name was so written before the delivery of the note to the payee, whether the note be negotiable, or, as in this case, unnegotiable.1</p> <p>2. Ibid. — Ibid.—Presumptions.—The name of a third person found endorsed on a note by one party to another raises no presumption that such endorsement was written before the delivery of the note.</p>