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Banking and Finance Law

University of Michigan Law School

Michigan Law Review

1941

Fraud

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Bills And Notes - Rule Of Price V. Neal - Application To Nonnegotiable Instruments And Money Orders, Edward W. Adams Nov 1941

Bills And Notes - Rule Of Price V. Neal - Application To Nonnegotiable Instruments And Money Orders, Edward W. Adams

Michigan Law Review

From a Mississippi post office, B stole fifty-five postal money order blanks. Notice of the theft was sent by the Post Office Department to all post offices. B filled in twelve of the blanks, making them appear genuine in all respects, and presented them to be cashed at defendant bank. In reliance on a confirmation of the validity of the money orders, received by calling a branch post office, defendant cashed them, giving B cash and travelers checks and starting a bank account for the balance. Defendant presented the orders at the main post office, and they were paid without …


Fraudulent Conveyances - Executory Consideration As "Fair Consideration" Under The Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, Robert Kneeland Feb 1941

Fraudulent Conveyances - Executory Consideration As "Fair Consideration" Under The Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, Robert Kneeland

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff, a purchaser of mortgaged realty, claimed that there had been a series of conveyances of this property originating with a remote grantor, fraudulent as to said grantor's creditors. At the time plaintiff learned of this, he had already paid taxes on the property and paid $4605 on the purchase price, leaving a balance of $2986 due on his contract. Since, allegedly, plaintiff would have been subject to an action of the creditors to have the conveyance to him set aside/ plaintiff sought to join all creditors and defrauders in an attempt to clear the title, or, if the transaction …