“This principle of [the validity of assignments in blank] does not apply to instruments, other than those which are negotiable, or quasi negotiable by custom.”
How later courts described this case
- “This principle of [the validity of assignments in blank] does not apply to instruments, other than those which are negotiable, or quasi negotiable by custom.”
- “[A] writing, not containing, when signed, words essential to a conveyance, is not an instrument of conveyance.”
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
Crane, J.
(concurring). I concur in the result on the ground that the mortgagees were put on notice by the form of the deed which came into the possession of their agent.
Cardozo, Ch. J., Pound, Lehman, O’Brien and Hubbs, JJ., concur with Kellogg, J.; Crane, J., concurs in result in memorandum.
Judgment affirmed.