Section 8-5-20
Bonds, contracts, writings for payment of money, etc., assignable by endorsement.
All bonds, writings, and contracts for the payment of money, or other thing, or the performance of any act or duty, are assignable by endorsement so as to authorize an action thereon by each successive endorsee.
(Code 1852, §1530; Code 1867, §1838; Code 1876, §2099; Code 1886, §1762; Code 1896, §876; Code 1907, §5158; Code 1923, §9231; Code 1940, T. 39, §200.)