(810 ILCS 5/3-306) (from Ch. 26, par. 3-306)
    Sec. 3-306. Claims to an instrument. A person taking an instrument, other than a person having rights of a holder in due course, is subject to a claim of a property or possessory right in the instrument or its proceeds, including a claim to rescind a negotiation and to recover the instrument or its proceeds. A person having rights of a holder in due course takes free of the claim to the instrument.
(Source: P.A. 87-582.)