Lohman v. Cass County Bank

Illinois Supreme Court
Lohman v. Cass County Bank, 87 Ill. 616 (Ill. 1877)
Breese

Lohman v. Cass County Bank

Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justice Breese

delivered the opinion of the Court:

This action was originally brought before a justice of the peace of Cass county, by the Cass County Bank, as plaintiff, and against Frank Lehman, defendant, on a promissory note executed by Lohman to one Charles Clark, who indorsed it to plaintiff. Judgment was rendered for the plaintiff, from which the defendant appealed to the circuit court, where the cause was tried by the court, by consent, without a jury, which resulted in a judgment for the plaintiff, to reverse which the defendant appeals to this court.

We see no force in the objection made by appellant. By the indorsement of Clark, the payee of the note, to the bank, the bank became possessed of the legal title, and could bring the action. The note, with the indorsement of Clark thereon, was before the court, and furnished evidence that the legal title was in the bank. If James M. North, whose name also appears on the back of the note, has any interest in the proceeds of this recovery by the bank, he can sue the bank, and recover the same. His rights are not at all prejudiced by this recovery.

The judgment is affirmed.

Judgment affirmed.

Reference

Full Case Name
Frank Lohman v. The Cass County Bank
Cited By
5 cases
Status
Published
Syllabus
Party plaintiff—in suit on indorsed note. Where a promissory note shows an indorsement of the same to the plaintiff by the payee, the suit is properly brought in the plaintiff’s name, as the party holding the legal title, and the action can not be defeated by showing that another person is entitled to the proceeds, or a portion thereof. The rights of such other person are not prejudiced by the recovery, but he may look to the plaintiff.