7.  A  bill  of  exchange  is  an  assignment  to  the  payee  of  a  debt
due  to  the  drawer  from  the  drawee,  where  the  bill  has  been
accepted,  whether  drawn  on  general  or  specific  funds,  and  whe-
ther tlie  original  bill  be  negotiable  or  not.  MandeviUe  v.  Welch,
6  Wheat.  277.
8.  But  where  an  order  is  drawn,  either  on  general  or  specific
funds,  for  a  part  only,  it  does  not  amount  to  an  assignment  of
that  part,  or  give  a  lien  as  against  the  drawee,  unless  the  consent
to  the  appropriation,  by  accepting  the  draft,  or  an  obligation  to
that  effect,  may  be  implied  from  the  custom  of  trade,  or  the  deal-
ings between  the  parties.    Ih.
9«  Where  a  check  is  drawn  by  a  person  who  is  cashier  of  a
bank,  and  it  appears  doubtful  upon  the  face  of  the  check  whe*
ther  it  is  a  private  or  an  official  check,  parol  evidence  is  admissi-
ble to  show  it  to  be  an  official  check.  Mechanics^  Bank  of
Alexandria  v.  Bank  of  Columbia^  5  Wheat.  327.
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NOTES  IL

Transfer  and  endorsement

10.  If  a  person  endorse  a  blank  paper,  with  intent  that  a
promissory  note  should  be  written  on  the  other  side,  and  that  he
should  be  endorser,  it  is  good  and  bin(ting  upon  him.  VtoUtty.
Potion,  5  C  ranch  J  142.
11.  The  mere  possession  of  a  note  by  the  endorsee,  who  bad


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endorsed  il  to  another,  is  not  sufficient  evidence  of  bis  right  of
action  against  his  endorser,  without  a  reassignment  or  receipt
from  the  last  endorsee.  Welch  v.  Lindo^  7  Crunehj  159.  Contra,
Dugan  V.  United  States,  7  Cranchj  180.
