Law Of Negotiable Instruments 1898

'.Kryrir.-ftrtr-i -t,^i,-*-,U-;t;^ Olnrn? U ICam i>rIIool ICibrary Cornell University Library The original of tiiis book is in tine Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. THE LAW OF NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS STATUTES, CASES AND AUTHORITIES EDITED BY ERNEST W. HuFFCUT PROFESSOR OF LAW IN CORNELL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW NEW YORK BAKER, VOORHIS & COMPANY COPYRIGHT, i8g8 By Ernest W. Huffcut WEED-PARSONS PRINTING COMPANY PRINTERS AND ELECTROTYPERS ALBANY, N. Y. PREFACE. The enactment of the Negotiable Instruments Law in several American States and its probable enactment in others, renders necessary a familiarity with that Code on the part of all law studAits. Founded as it is upon the Digest of Judge Chalmers, afterward enacted into the English Bills of Exchange Act, it presents the best statement available of the results of English and American judicial decisions. Even before its adoption'by the legislatures in Great Britain and the United States, Judge Chalmers' Digest had been edited for use in law schools, and had met with much favor for purposes of study and instruction. A Digest or Code is, however, but a set of abstract rules. The student needs to see the rules in operation upon concrete facts in order to appreciate their force and effect. It is the purpose of this book to set ov…