Bridgeman v. McCloud’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “When the necessity or desirability of preserving the freedom of contract and transfer of these negotiable instruments is to be preserved, it is difficult to perceive how any other rule can be consistently enforced. No good reason is to be subserved by a presumption of any continued authority, which in effect would amount to the introduction of uncertainty into these transactions and an enlarged basis of litigation . . . . While we do not mean to hold that an implied authority in an agent to receive payment in the absence of possession of the securities cannot exist, it must be established by clear proof .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Frost