...defendant, who sold it to the plaintiff; that such notes were not negotiable by the laws of Massachusetts, so as to enable the assignee to sue in his own name, but that he could sue in the name of the original payee, and that if the payee released the suit or...

...assigned ••er. Co. Lit. 214 Yet though a bond, being a chose in action, cannot be assigned over so as to enable the assignee to sue in his own name, yet he has by the assignment such a title to the par» r and wax that he may keep or cancel it. to....

...no protest." Many other cases shew, that inland bills were assignable independent of any statutes, so as to enable the assignee to sue in his own name, „ w . . though there no doubt was a time when the law merchant was son 109, Maviewed " as confined...

...rent, or the like : but although these chases in action cannot, in strictness of law, be assigned over so as to enable the assignee to sue in his own name ; yet he bus, by the assignment thereof, such a title to the paper and wax that he may keep or cancel...

...the obligee has assigned his internst in a bond. A bond being a choie in action, cannot be assigned so as to enable the assignee to sue in his own name thereon ; yet, following the precedents to be found in those compilations, the assignee of the interest...

...Nottfc M'C. 261. A note for a certain sum, " paper medium," is not assignable under the act of assembly, so as to enable the assignee to sue in his own name. — 1 M'Cord, 115. An endorsee of a note, who receives it after it has become due, takes it on the...

...a.] Co. Lit. 238. But though a bond, being a chose in action, cannot be assigned (a) And by the over so as to enable the assignee to sue in his own name (a), yet modern prac- jj e jj as by t jj e assignment such a title to the paper and wax, that tice...

...this doctrine, (which affords an exception to the general rule that a debt cannot be assigned at law so as to enable the assignee to sue in his own name (p)), has been recognised in subsequent cases. In such case, however, it seems necessary, in order...

...or assigned over. Co. Lit. 214. But though a bond being a chose in action, cannot be assigned over so as to enable the assignee to sue in his own name, yet he has by the assignment such a title to the paper and wax, that he may keep or cancel it. Co....

...(162). We have already seen that choses in action ex contracte are not in general jjiassignable at law, so as to enable the assignee to sue in his own name (m) ; When the the same rule also prevails in the case of injuries ex delicio either to the person,...