(a) All bonds, specialties, and notes in writing, payable to any person, or order, or assigns, may be assigned, or indorsed, and the assignee, or indorsee, his or her executors, administrators, or assigns, may again assign, or indorse the same, as often as desired. The assignees, or indorsees, or their executors, or administrators, may, in their own name, sue for and recover the money due on the bonds, specialties, or notes. All assignments of bonds or specialties shall be under hand and seal, and executed before at least one credible witness. (b) Assignors, or indorsers, or their executors, or administrators may not release or discharge any sum due by the bonds, specialties, or notes, after the date of the assignment, and no release, receipt, or discharge from him, her or them made after the date of the assignment shall be good or available. (Code 1852, §§ 1168, 1169; 18 Del. Laws, c. 213; Code 1915, § 2627; Code 1935, § 3107; 6 Del. C. 1953, § 2702; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1.)
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