Temple v. Baker

Citations

• 125 Pa. 634
• 17 A. 516
• 1889 Pa. LEXIS 764

Syllabus

<p>(a) The defendant in an. action upon a negotiable note, had written his name on the back of the note and also under the words, “credit the drawer,” on its face, before it was signed by the maker or the blank filled up with the names of the payees, whose names were afterwards placed on the back of the note below the name of the defendant.</p> <p>1. In such ease, the irregular indorsement of the defendant imposed upon him the liabilities of a second indorser and did not make him liable to the payees.</p> <p>2. His indorsement could not be turned into a contract to guarantee paymenl of the note, by parol testimony, because of the provisions of the act of April 26, 1855, P. L. 808.</p> <p>8. The words, “credit the drawer,” implied no promise or undertaking on the part of the defendant, but were a direction to all persons to whom the note might be presented, to treat with the drawer as the owner.</p>