In July 1988, Chester Crow executed a promissory note payable to the order of THE FIRST NATIONAL
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In July 1988, Chester Crow executed a promissory note payable “to the order of THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SHREVEPORT or BEARER” in the amount of $21,578.42 at an interest rate of 3 percent per year above the “prime rate in effect at The First National Bank of Shreveport” in Shreveport, Louisiana, until paid. The note was a standard preprinted promissory note. In 1999, Credit Recoveries, Inc., filed a suit in a Louisiana state court against Crow, alleging that he owed $7,222.57 on the note, plus interest. Crow responded that the debt represented by the note had been canceled by the bank in September 1994. He also contended that, in any event, to collect on the note Credit Recoveries had to prove its legitimate ownership of it. When no evidence of ownership was forthcoming, Crow filed a motion to dismiss the suit. Is the note an order instrument or a bearer instrument? How might it have been transferred to Credit Recoveries? With this in mind, should the court dismiss the suit on the basis of Crow’s contention?
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