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K.S.A. § 52-214 (2026)

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52-214.

History: L. 1905, ch. 310, § 21; R.S. 1923, 52-214; Repealed, L. 1965, ch. 564, § 416; January 1, 1966.

CASE ANNOTATIONS

1. Only bona fide holder may recover on note fraudulently procured. Bank v. Claypool, 91 Kan. 248, 251, 137 P. 949.

2. Unfilled blanks in draft may be filled; alteration and completion distinguished. State Bank v. Hartford Bros., 116 Kan. 262, 266, 226 P. 750.

3. Holder of note has prima facie authority to fill blanks. Clark v. Layman, 144 Kan. 711, 718, 62 P.2d 897.

4. User of note executed in blank contrary to purpose of person executing note, not holder in due course. Giblin v. Beeler, 396 F.2d 584, 586.


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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1968–1968 · leading case: Giblin v. Beeler, 396 F.2d 584 (10th Cir. 1968).
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Giblin v. Beeler, 396 F.2d 584 (10th Cir. 1968). “K.S.A. 52-214 provides: “Where the instrument is wanting in any material particular, the person in possession thereof has a prima facie authority to complete it by filling up the blanks therein; and a signature on a blank paper delivered by the person making the signature in…”
Frances H. Giblin, & Cross-Appellee v. Robert Beeler, Wilma Beeler & Juliette Beeler, & Cross-Appellants v. Floyd Lampert & First Nat'l Bank of Beloit, Kansas, a Corp., Cross-Appellees, 396 F.2d 584 (1st Cir. 1968). “52-214 provides: "Where the instrument is wanting in any material particular, the person in possession thereof has a prima facie authority to complete it by filling up the blanks therein; and a signature on a blank paper delivered by the person making the signature in order that…”
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