 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...  United States Statutes at Large - Page 242by United States - 1962Full view - About this book
 | 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
...follows: "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...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
...that "The title of a person who negotiates an instrument is defective within the meaning of this title when he obtained the instrument, or any signature...or under such circumstances as amount to a fraud." By section 1609 that "A holder in due course holds the instrument free from any defect of title of... | |
 | 1922 - 1138 pages
...the first requisite of every valid contract. Section 5373 of the Negotiable Instruments Law provides: "The title of a person who negotiates an instrument...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... | |
 | American Bar Association - 1887 - 460 pages
...bill is defective within the meaning of this act when he obtained the bill, or the acceptance thereof, by fraud, duress, or force and fear, or other unlawful...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
...bill is defective within the meaning of this Act when he obtained the bill, or the acceptance thereof, by fraud, duress, or force and fear, or other unlawful...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... | |
 | Great Britain - 1882 - 574 pages
...bill is defective within the meaning of this Act when he obtained the bill, or the acceptance thereof, by fraud, duress, or force and fear, or other unlawful...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,... | |
 | India, Patrick Dunlop Shaw - 1882 - 362 pages
...bill is defective within the meaning of this Act when he obtained the bill, or the acceptance thereof, by fraud, duress, or force and fear, or other unlawful...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,... | |
 | 1914 - 448 pages
..." 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...or under such circumstances as amount to a fraud." Section 52 provides that " a holder in due course is a holder who has taken the instrument under the... | |
 | Oscar Borchardt - 1883 - 392 pages
...bill is defective within the meaning of this Act when he obtained the bill, or the acceptance thereof, by fraud, duress, or force and fear, or other unlawful...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,... | |
 | 1918 - 1210 pages
...follows: "The title of n person who negotiates an instrument is defective within the meaning of this act when he obtained the instrument, or any signature...of faith or under such circumstances as amount to fraud," [1 1 It is the position of defendant that the plaintiff did not plead in his reply facts showing... | |
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