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Banking and Finance Law

University of Michigan Law School

Journal

1936

Negotiable Instruments Law

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Bills And Notes-Negotiability Of Bonds Issued By Massachusetts Trust May 1936

Bills And Notes-Negotiability Of Bonds Issued By Massachusetts Trust

Michigan Law Review

In a replevin action to recover stolen bonds, held that the exclusion of the personal liability of the issuing trustees rendered the instruments nonnegotiable, Lorimer v. McGreevy, (Mo. APP. 1935) 84 S. W. (2d) 667.


Bills And Notes--Conditions-Negotiable Despite Reference To Trust Agreement Jan 1936

Bills And Notes--Conditions-Negotiable Despite Reference To Trust Agreement

Michigan Law Review

Bonds, stolen from the owner, were subsequently acquired by a bona fide purchaser who received payment from the obligor. The owner sued the obligor on the ground that the bonds were non-negotiable. The first paragraph in each bond contained an unconditional promise to pay. The second and third paragraphs contained the following clauses: "This bond is one of a series . . . executed and delivered in accordance with and subject to the provisions of the Trust Mortgage hereinafter referred to and in pursuance of resolutions of stockholders. . . . The payment of this bond and of the coupons …