McNeill v. Shellito’s Empirical Analysis

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1. ““The indorsement, however, did not rebut the presumption that the plaintiff, the personal representative of the payee, was the owner thereof. Possession of the note, though indorsed by the payee, is prima facie evidence of ownership. The only presumptions that arise under such circumstances aró either that the note was not delivered to the indorsee after indorsement, or, if delivered, that it was retransferred to the payee as his property, or that it had been originally transferred only for collection. The payee in possession may recover notwithstanding his in-dorsement. He may strike out the indorsement or he may disregard the indorsement. It is a matter with which the maker has no concern, unless he has in his answer pleaded as a defense that the plaintiff is not the real party in interest.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Young v. Alexander