Griffin v. Nokes, 1 Ark. Terr. Rep. 72 (1829)

April 1829 · Superior Court of the Territory of Arkansas
1 Ark. Terr. Rep. 72

Thomas Griffin, appellant, vs. Jesse Nokes, appellee.

A due bill not payable to order or bearer, is assignable, and may be assigned by an agent.

April, 1829.

— Appeal from the Crawford Circuit Court, determined before Benjamin Johnson and Thomas P. Eskridge, judges.

Johnson, J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.— The first question is, whether a due bill not payable to order or bearer is assignable. We have no doubt that a due bill is embraced by the words of the statute, “ bonds, bills, and promissory notes.” Geyer’s Digest, 66. The second question is, whether a due bill can be assigned by an agent. Of this we have no doubt, and consider it too clear to require reasoning.1 Kyd on Bills, 33; Chitty on Bills, 198; Pothier on Obligations, 74, 448.

Eskridge, J., concurred.

Judgment affirmed.