Sweet v. Garwood

Citations

• 88 Ill. 407

Syllabus

<p>Party plaintiff—right of payee of note to erase indorsement. If the payee of a negotiable instrument has actually parted with the same, and transferred the title by indorsement, but, subsequently, becomes its owner, he will have the right to erase his indorsement, and reinvest himself with the legal title, and he may do this at any time, if the owner at the time the suit is brought, and he may do the same where he has never, in fact, parted with the title.</p>