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University of Michigan Law School

1931

Banking and Finance Law

Negotiable Instruments Law

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Bills And Notes - Negotiability Of Note Authorizing Judgment Dec 1931

Bills And Notes - Negotiability Of Note Authorizing Judgment

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A note, payable ninety days after date, authorized an entry of judgment against the maker by the holder "at any time after the date thereof, without stay of execution." Held, that this authority destroyed the negotiability of the note because it was neither payable on demand nor at a fixed and determinable future time. Wooleyhan v. Green (Del. 1931) 155 Atl. 602.


A Book Of Little Value, Ralph W. Aigler Nov 1931

A Book Of Little Value, Ralph W. Aigler

Michigan Law Review

The former edition of this textbook appeared in 1922, before the Negotiable Instruments Law had been adopted by all of the states. The changes in the present edition are numerous. Part III of the two former editions has hen eliminated by placing the citations to the Negotiable Instruments Law in the footnotes. Many new sections have been added. The chapter on Guaranty and Suretyship has been eliminated. The introductory chapter is essentially new, and a chapter on Amount of Recovery has been added. The chapter on Conflict of Laws has been rewritten. The author has incorporated the proposed amendments to …


Bills And Notes-Right To Indorsement After Transfer Apr 1931

Bills And Notes-Right To Indorsement After Transfer

Michigan Law Review

The payee assigned a note and mortgage to the plaintiff by separate paper. The plaintiff sued the payee under sec. 49, N. I. L. for indorsement and also for the balance due after foreclosing the mortgage. Held, the plaintiff was entitled to an unqualified indorsement and recovery in the absence of a contrary agreement. Parr v. Ft. Pierce Bank & Trust Co. (Fla. 1930) 130. So. 445.


Bills And Notes-Payee As Holder In Due Course Apr 1931

Bills And Notes-Payee As Holder In Due Course

Michigan Law Review

In an action by the payee against the insane accommodation maker of a promissory note, the court held that the payee is presumed to be a holder in due course. F. S. Royster Guano Co. v. Sherman (N. J. 1930) 151 Atl. 382.


Bills And Notes-Payee As Holder In Due Course Mar 1931

Bills And Notes-Payee As Holder In Due Course

Michigan Law Review

P executed a note and securing mortgage leaving a blank for the name of the payee and mortgagee. A, P's agent, in excess of his authority, filled in the blanks with D's name and with D's knowledge. D in good faith paid full value. Held, under sec. 6055,. Mich. Comp. Laws (1915) D has no claim against P, for he is not a holder in due course. Bronson v. Stetson, 252 Mich. 6, 232 N.W. 741.


Bills And Notes-Trade Acceptance-Reference To The Purchase Agreement Mar 1931

Bills And Notes-Trade Acceptance-Reference To The Purchase Agreement

Michigan Law Review

The defendant drew a trade acceptance in favor of the Turner Manufacturing Co. containing the following provision: "The obligation of the acceptor hereof arises out of the purchase of goods from the drawer, maturity being in conformity with the original terms of the purchase." The drawer indorsed the instrument to the plaintiff bank, a purchaser in due course. Held, that the trade acceptance was rendered non-negotiable by the clause "maturity being in conformity with the original terms of the purchase." First Nat. Bank, Statesville, N. C. v. Power-Equipment Co. (Iowa, 1930) 233 N.W. 103.


Bills And Notes-Checks-Effect Of Alteration Before Acceptance Upon The Acceptor Feb 1931

Bills And Notes-Checks-Effect Of Alteration Before Acceptance Upon The Acceptor

Michigan Law Review

The plaintiff, drawee, sued to recover money paid to the defendant on a certified check in which the name of the payee had been cleverly altered, and which had been indorsed and negotiated by the substituted payee. The plaintiff had certified the check prior to the negotiation to the defendant, an innocent purchaser for value. Held, that under sec. 62 of the N. I. L. the acceptor "engages that he will pay it [the instrument] according to the tenor of his acceptance; and admits, * * * 2. The existence of the payee and his then capacity to indorse"; …