A person not the payee of a promissory note, who writes his name on the back before it is negotiated, is liable as maker, not as endorser, although his signature was for the accommodation of the payee, and the payee, at the time of negotiating it, endorses it above such signature.
ALLEN, J.
The note was not a valid contract until it was negotiated and delivered to the plaintiff for value. Jameson was not entitled to notice of non-payment. He was liable to the plaintiff, not as endorser, but as maker. Martin v. Boyd, 11 N.H. 385; Benton v. Willard, 17 N.H. 593; Currier v. Fellows, 27 N.H. 366; Phillips v. Johnson, 64 N.H. 393, 400. On the facts found, it is immaterial that, for the purpose of giving the plaintiff title to the note, Williams endorsed it above the name of Jameson.
Judgment for the plaintiffs.
SMITH, J., did not sit: the others concurred.