 | Joseph Chitty - Negotiable instruments - 1826 - 710 pages
...negotiable, whereas, in the above case, they were payable to bearer. ' Poole e. Smith, Holt's CNP 144. In an action by the indorsee of a bill of exchange, against...bill, which was indorsed in blank, had been lost, and it was held, that although the bill had been drawn more than six years, the plaintiff was not entitled... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court, George Noble Stewart - Law reports, digests, etc - 1835 - 526 pages
...defeat the plaintiff's aciion. a 4 Term K. So in the case of Mead v. Young," which also was an it. SO. action by the indorsee of a bill of exchange against the acceptor, and on which the indorsement had been forged, it was held that the indorsee, though an innocent holder,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1831 - 618 pages
...in sucb case he might be called as a witness. Hedger v. Hartón, 3 С. Se P. 179. [Gaselee] . In an action by the indorsee of a bill of exchange against the acceptor, the declaration of the drawer is admissible in evidence, to shew that the bill was obtained by fraud.... | |
 | William Tidd - Civil procedure - 1837 - 942 pages
...defendant, his counsel begin after the pleadings are opened, and have the general reply. So, in an action by the indorsee of a bill of exchange against the acceptor, where the defendant pleaded first, that the bill was accepted for a debt from which he was discharged... | |
 | Great Britain. Bail Court, Alfred Septimus Dowling - Civil procedure - 1841 - 990 pages
...the demurrer in this case should not be set aside, on the ground of its being frivolous. It was an action by the indorsee of a bill of exchange against the acceptor. To the declaration the defendant demurred, and the ground of demurrer stated was, that it did not appear... | |
 | Samuel Bealey Harrison - Law reports, digests, etc - 1842 - 694 pages
...on tills issue the plaintiff ought to begin. Davies v. Evans, 6 C. & P. 61Я — Parke. 1788 In an action by the indorsee of a bill of exchange against the acceptor, the defendant pleaded, first, that the bill was accepted for a debt from which he was discharged under... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, John Scott - Law reports, digests, etc - 1843 - 962 pages
...defendant could have shewn it. Jenys v. Fawler, 2 Str. 946, rather looks the other way. There, in an action by the indorsee of a bill of exchange against the acceptor, it was held not to be necessary to prove the hand of the drawer : and the plaintiff rested on the proof... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, John Scott - Law reports, digests, etc - 1843 - 966 pages
...defendant could have shewn it. Jenys v. Fawler, 2 Str. 946, rather looks the other way. There, in an action by the indorsee of a bill of exchange against the acceptor, it was held not to be necessary to prove the hand of the drawer : and the plaintiff rested on the proof... | |
 | John Simcoe Saunders - Civil procedure - 1844 - 572 pages
...as a defence, a witness is, in some cases, competent to invalidate his own instrument. Thus, in an action by the indorsee of a bill of exchange against the acceptor, Lord Kenyan, CJ held, that the drawer, when released, was a competent witness to prove that he had... | |
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