A Treatise on Bills of Exchange: Promissory Notes, Coupon Bonds and Other Negotiable Instruments, Volume 2Banks & brothers, 1882 |
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acceptance action agent allegation American Exchange Bank amount authority aver Bank Bank of Alexandria Bank of Columbia Barb became due bill of exchange bill or note bona fide holder bonds Campb Chitty on Bills Comst Conn contract County coupon bonds coupons court Cowen creditor damages days of grace debt debtor defendant demand and notice Denio diligence discharge draft drawer or indorser drawn Duanesburgh entitled to notice evidence fact foreign bill give notice given held Hill instrument interest issue John Joseph Township law merchant liability maker or acceptor ment municipal corporation N. Y. Rep negotiable notary note or bill note payable notice of dishonor notice of non-payment paid paper party payee person plaintiff post-office pound sterling promise to pay promissory note prove railroad received recover residence rule Smedes Smith statute sufficient supra surety thereon town usurious Utica waiver Wall Wend
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Page 311 - ... shall not be examined as a witness, in his own behalf or interest, or in behalf of the party succeeding to his...
Page 318 - Comparison of a disputed Writing with any Writing proved to the Satisfaction of the Court to be genuine shall be permitted to be made by Witnesses ; and such Writings, and the Evidence of Witnesses respecting the same, may be submitted to the Court and Jury as Evidence of the Genuineness, or otherwise, of the Writing in dispute.
Page 311 - Upon the trial of an action, or the hearing, upon the merits, of a special proceeding, u party, or a person interested in the event, or a person from, through, or under whom, such a party or interested person derives his interest or title, by assignment or otherwise...
Page 260 - An executor or administrator, a trustee of an express trust, or a person expressly authorized by statute, may sue, without joining with him the person for whose benefit the action is prosecuted.
Page 239 - We there held that when, by legislative enactment, authority has been given to a municipality, or to its officers, to subscribe for the stock of a railroad company, and to issue municipal bonds in payment, but only on some precedent condition, such as a popular vote favoring the subscription, and where it may be gathered from the...
Page 202 - Every fact which the plaintiff must prove to enable him to maintain his suit, and which the defendant has a right to controvert in his answer...
Page 323 - ... can never be less, than the specified amount of money, or the value of the property or services at the time they should have been paid or rendered, with interest from the time of the default until tbe obligation is discharged.
Page 259 - Where an answer contains new matter, constituting a defense by way of avoidance, the court may, in its discretion, on the defendant's application, direct the plaintiff to reply to the new matter.
Page 287 - An action is commenced as to each defendant when the summons is served on him, or on a co-defendant, who is a joint contractor, or otherwise united in interest with him.
Page 258 - A general or specific denial of each material allegation of the complaint controverted by the defendant, or of any knowledge or information thereof sufficient to form a belief 2.