Question 355. - A presents at the drawee bank a cheque payable to the order of B and endorsed generally by the latter, which he himself declines to endorse. Can the Bank-refuse payment until he does?

Answer. - The bank has probably no right to demand A's endorsement, but it has the same right to withhold payment until it is satisfied that the endorsement of B is in order that it would have if B, being a stranger, presented the cheque in person.