Chapter XIII — SPECIAL RULES OF EVIDENCE

Section 121Estoppel against denying capacity of payee to indorse

Section 121: Estoppel against denying capacity of payee to indorse

121. Estoppel against denying capacity of payee to indorse

No maker of a promissory note and no acceptor of a bill of exchange [payable to order] shall, in a suit thereon by a holder in due course, be permitted to deny the payee's capacity, at the date of the note or bill, to indorse the same.

Amendment notes (1)
  1. Subs . Subs. by Act 8 of 1919, s. 5, for payable to, or to the orderof, a specified person.