Stouffer v. Kelchner

Citations

• 38 Pa. Super. 475
• 1909 Pa. Super. LEXIS 165

Syllabus

<p>Bills of exchange — Negotiable paper — Fraud—Prima facie case — Burden of proof.</p> <p>In a suit against an acceptor of bills of exchange, where the evidence shows that the acceptor signed his name on the notes knowing that’ they were some sort of an obligation for payment, and there is no evidence of fraud so as to impeach the title of an innocent holder for value before maturity, the offering of the bills with indorsements makes out a prima facie case, and the plaintiff is not required to show that he is an innocent holder for value before maturity.</p>