The Negotiable Instrument Law of Wisconsin: Passed at the Session of 1899Democrat Print. Company, state printer, 1899 - 77 pages |
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... bill or note which is payable to bearer . " Bill " means bill of exchange , and " note " means negotiable promissory note . " Delivery " means transfer of pessession , act- ual or constructive from one person to another . " Holder ...
... bill or note which is payable to bearer . " Bill " means bill of exchange , and " note " means negotiable promissory note . " Delivery " means transfer of pessession , act- ual or constructive from one person to another . " Holder ...
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... bill of exchange need not be so expressed . Mehlberg v . Fisher , 24 Wis . 607. Equiv- alent words may be used , as , holder , assigns , or " this note shall be negotiable . " 4 Am . & Eng . Ency . 134 . OR AT A FIXED OR DETERMINABLE ...
... bill of exchange need not be so expressed . Mehlberg v . Fisher , 24 Wis . 607. Equiv- alent words may be used , as , holder , assigns , or " this note shall be negotiable . " 4 Am . & Eng . Ency . 134 . OR AT A FIXED OR DETERMINABLE ...
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... bill of exchange . ( 2 ) That the order and acceptance are absolute ; the words above quoted from the order not limiting its payment to a par- ticular fund , or making it conditional , but merely 6 LAWS OF WISCONSIN - Ch . 356 .
... bill of exchange . ( 2 ) That the order and acceptance are absolute ; the words above quoted from the order not limiting its payment to a par- ticular fund , or making it conditional , but merely 6 LAWS OF WISCONSIN - Ch . 356 .
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... bill and acceptance , on the ground that , before such acceptance , tney had already made advances to the drawers , solely on the fan of the share of grain belonging to the latter , more than suf- ficient to cover its full value , and ...
... bill and acceptance , on the ground that , before such acceptance , tney had already made advances to the drawers , solely on the fan of the share of grain belonging to the latter , more than suf- ficient to cover its full value , and ...
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... bill is valid , although drawer , drawee and payee are the same , and it may be put in circulation in the usual way . Wildes v . Savage , 1 Story 22. A bill drawn to the order of the drawer may be treated as a note . 4 Am . & Eng . Ency ...
... bill is valid , although drawer , drawee and payee are the same , and it may be put in circulation in the usual way . Wildes v . Savage , 1 Story 22. A bill drawn to the order of the drawer may be treated as a note . 4 Am . & Eng . Ency ...
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acceptance for honor acceptance to pay acceptor agent agreement amount assignment authority bank bill drawn bill of exchange bona fide purchaser contract corporation creditor Crosse bank debt debtor deemed defense delay delivered delivery diligence discharged dishonored by non-acceptance dorsement dorser draft due course duress Ency estopped excused extension facie fact fraud funds give notice given Held holder in due Ibid indorsed in blank instru instrument is payable Kilkelly law merchant liable thereon maker maturity ment negotiable instrument notary note payable NOTE-A NOTE-One NOTE-Where notice of dishonor paid paper payee place of business place of payment plaintiff post office presentment for acceptance Presentment for payment principal prior parties promissory note purchaser reasonable received residence rized SECTION signature signed statute statute of frauds strument subsequent sufficient sum certain supra protest surety thereof thereto third person tion transfer usurious valid waiver Wisconsin words
Popular passages
Page 15 - Where a signature is forged or made without the authority of the person whose signature it purports to be, it is wholly inoperative, and no right to retain the instrument, or to give a discharge therefor, or to enforce payment thereof against any party thereto, can be acquired through or un.der such signature, unless the party, against whom it is sought to enforce such right, is precluded from setting up the forgery or want of authority.
Page 28 - To constitute notice of an infirmity in the instrument or defect in the title of the person negotiating the same, the person to whom it is negotiated must have had actual knowledge of the infirmity or defect, or knowledge of such facts that his action in taking the instrument amounted to bad faith.
Page 30 - Every holder is deemed prima facie to be a holder in due course; but when it is shown that the title of any person who has negotiated the instrument was defective, the burden is on the holder to prove that he or some person under whom he claims acquired the title as a holder in due course.
Page 25 - That at the time it was negotiated to him he had no notice of any infirmity in the instrument or defect in the title of the person negotiating it.1 Sec.
Page 9 - When it is payable to the order of a fictitious or nonexisting person, and such fact was known to the person making it so payable; or 4. When the name of the payee does not purport to be the name of any person; or 5. When the only or last indorsement is an indorsement in blank.
Page 8 - An instrument is payable on demand — 1. Where it is expressed to be payable on demand, or at sight, or on presentation; or 2. In which no time for payment is expressed. Where an instrument is issued, accepted, or indorsed when overdue, it is, as regards the person so issuing, accepting, or indorsing it, payable on demand.
Page 18 - An instrument is negotiated when it is transferred from one person to another in such manner as to constitute the transferee the holder thereof. If payable to bearer it is negotiated by delivery ; if payable to order it is negotiated by the indorsement of the holder completed by delivery.
Page 59 - Notice of dishonor is not required to be given to an indorser in either of the following cases : 1. Where the drawee is a fictitious person or a person not having capacity to contract, and the indorser was aware of the fact at the time he indorsed the instrument; 2.
Page 11 - ... delivery may be shown to have been conditional, or for a special purpose only, and not for the purpose of transferring the property in the instrument.
Page 44 - Delay in making presentment for payment is excused when the delay is caused by circumstances beyond the control of the holder, and not imputable to his default, misconduct, or negligence. When the cause of delay ceases to operate, presentment must be made with reasonable diligence.