These are very similar to drafts. They are orders by one party to another party to give the party holding the order the goods mentioned. Thus, A orders B to give C goods from B's store to the value of $10. This order might be made out in the accompanying form:

Minneapolis, Minn., July 10, 1922. Mr. Bert Strickland:

Please deliver to Earl Chaney, goods from your store to Ten dollars. Charge to my account.

Norman Burchett.

Such orders are not negotiable. This does not mean that they cannot be given to some one else. But they can only be "assigned." What is the difference between "assignment" and "negotiation?" Suppose B steals a draft from A. He can get nothing on it himself, but if the draft is in the right form he can sell it to an innocent purchaser who can enforce it fully - it has been negotiated. The foregoing order for goods could only be assigned. This means that if Burchett turned it over to Humes, that Humes could get only Burchett's rights, while in the case of negotiation, an innocent purchaser may get more rights than were possessed by the party from whom he purchased such an instrument.