 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1916 - 806 pages
...defective within the meaning of this act when he obtained the instrument, or any signature thereto, by fraud, duress, or force and fear, or other unlawful...or under such circumstances as amount to a fraud." It conclusively appears in this case that Cameron Currie & Co. assumed to act as agents for Mr. Miller... | |
 | Utah. Supreme Court, Albert Hagan, John Augustine Marshall, John Maxcy Zane, James A. Williams, Joseph M. Tanner, George L. Nye, John Walcott Thompson, August B. Edler, Alonzo Blair Irvine, Harmel L. Pratt, William S. Dalton, H. Arnold Rich - 1909 - 588 pages
...the maker. No facts are pleaded showing that "the instrument, or any signature thereto," was obtained "by fraud, duress, or force and fear, or other unlawful means, or for an illegal consideration," or that the note was negotiated "in breach of faith, or under such circumstances as amount to a fraud."... | |
 | American Bar Association - 1887 - 460 pages
...title of a person who negotiates a bill is defective within the meaning of this act when he obtained the bill, or the acceptance thereof, by fraud, duress,...or under such circumstances as amount to a fraud. (3) A holder (whether for value or not) who derives his title to a bill through a holder in due course,... | |
 | 1922 - 1138 pages
...defective within the meaning of this chapter when he obtained the instrument, or any signature thereto, by fraud, duress or force and fear, or other unlawful...or under such circumstances as amount to a fraud." [2] It would seem, therefore, from what has been said, that it was a question of fact for the Jury... | |
 | India, Patrick Dunlop Shaw - 1882 - 362 pages
...title of a person who negotiates a bill is defective within the meaning of this Act when he obtained the bill, or the acceptance thereof, by fraud, duress,...or under such circumstances as amount to a fraud. (3.) A holder (whether for value or not), who derives his title to a bill through a holder in due course,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1882 - 574 pages
...title of a person who negotiates a bill is defective within the meaning of this Act when he obtained the bill, or the acceptance thereof, by fraud, duress,...or under such circumstances as amount to a fraud. (3.) A holder (whether for value or not), who derives his title to a bill through a holder in due course,... | |
 | Sir Mackenzie Dalzell Edwin Stewart Chalmers - 1882 - 126 pages
...title of a person who negotiates a bill is defective within the meaning of this Act when he obtained the bill, or the acceptance thereof, by fraud, duress,...or under such circumstances as amount to a fraud. The expression " force and fear " is the Scotch equivalent of the English term " duress." (3.) A holder... | |
 | Institute of Bankers (Great Britain) - 1882 - 726 pages
...title of a person who negotiates a bill is defective within the meaning of this Act when he obtained the bill, or the acceptance thereof, by fraud, duress,...unlawful means, or for an illegal consideration, or when ho negotiates it in breach of faith, or under such circumstances as amount to a fraud. (3.) A holder... | |
 | W. D. Thorburn - 1882 - 316 pages
...(d) duress, or force and fear, (e) or other unlawful means, (/) or for an illegal consideration, (g) or when he negotiates it in breach of faith, or under such circumstances as amount to a fraud (h). (3.) A holder (i) (whether for value or not), who derives his title to a bill through a holder... | |
 | Oscar Borchardt - 1883 - 392 pages
...title of a person who negotiates a bill is defective within the meaning of this Act when he obtained the bill, or the acceptance thereof, by fraud, duress,...or under such circumstances as amount to a fraud. (3.) A holder (whether for value or not), who derives his title to a bill through a holder in due course,... | |
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The title of a person who negotiates an instrument is defective within the meaning of this act when he obtained the instrument, or any signature thereto, by fraud, duress or force and fear or other unlawful means, or for an illegal consideration or when... 
