 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - Law reports, digests, etc - 1916 - 806 pages
...when he obtained the instrument, or any signature thereto, by fraud, duress, or force and fear, or other unlawful means, or for an illegal consideration,...or under such circumstances as amount to a fraud." It conclusively appears in this case that Cameron Currie & Co. assumed to act as agents for Mr. Miller... | |
 | Utah. Supreme Court, Albert Hagan, John Augustine Marshall, John Maxcy Zane, James A. Williams, Joseph M. Tanner, George L. Nye, John Walcott Thompson, August B. Edler, Alonzo Blair Irvine, Harmel L. Pratt, William S. Dalton, H. Arnold Rich - Law reports, digests, etc - 1909 - 588 pages
...when he obtained the instrument, or any signature thereto, by fraud, duress, or force and fear, or other unlawful means, or for an illegal consideration,...or under such circumstances as amount to a fraud." By section 1609 that "A holder in due course holds the instrument free from any defect of title of... | |
 | American Bar Association - Law - 1887 - 460 pages
...this act when he obtained the bill, or the acceptance thereof, by fraud, duress, or force and fear, or other unlawful means, or for an illegal consideration,...or under such circumstances as amount to a fraud. (3) A holder (whether for value or not) who derives his title to a bill through a holder in due course,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1882 - 574 pages
...this Act when he obtained the bill, or the acceptance thereof, by fraud, duress, or force and fear, or other unlawful means, or for an illegal consideration,...or under such circumstances as amount to a fraud. (3.) A holder (whether for value or not), who derives his title to a bill through a holder in due course,... | |
 | Sir Mackenzie Dalzell Edwin Stewart Chalmers - Bills of exchange - 1882 - 126 pages
...this Act when he obtained the bill, or the acceptance thereof, by fraud, duress, or force and fear, or other unlawful means, or for an illegal consideration,...or under such circumstances as amount to a fraud. The expression " force and fear " is the Scotch equivalent of the English term " duress." (3.) A holder... | |
 | India, Patrick Dunlop Shaw - Negotiable instruments - 1882 - 362 pages
...this Act when he obtained the bill, or the acceptance thereof, by fraud, duress, or force and fear, or other unlawful means, or for an illegal consideration,...or under such circumstances as amount to a fraud. (3.) A holder (whether for value or not), who derives his title to a bill through a holder in due course,... | |
 | W. D. Thorburn - Bills of exchange - 1882 - 316 pages
...(d) duress, or force and fear, (e) or other unlawful means, (/) or for an illegal consideration, (g) or when he negotiates it in breach of faith, or under such circumstances as amount to a fraud (h). (3.) A holder (i) (whether for value or not), who derives his title to a bill through a holder... | |
 | Institute of Bankers (Great Britain) - Banks and banking - 1882 - 726 pages
...fraud, duress, or force and fear, or other unlawful means, or for an illegal consideration, or when ho negotiates it in breach of faith, or under such circumstances as amount to a fraud. (3.) A holder (whether for value or not) who derives his title to a bill through a holder in due course,... | |
 | Oscar Borchardt - Banking law - 1883 - 392 pages
...this Act when he obtained the bill, or the acceptance thereof, by fraud, duress, or force and fear, or other unlawful means, or for an illegal consideration,...or under such circumstances as amount to a fraud. (3.) A holder (whether for value or not), who derives his title to a bill through a holder in due course,... | |
 | Law - 1914 - 448 pages
...Act, when he obtained the instrument or any signature thereto by fraud, duress or force, and fear, or other unlawful means, or for an illegal consideration,...or under such circumstances as amount to a fraud." Section 52 provides that " a holder in due course is a holder who has taken the instrument under the... | |
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The title of a person who negotiates an instrument is defective within the meaning of this Act when he obtained the instrument, or any signature thereto, by fraud, duress, or force and fear, or other unlawful means, or for an illegal consideration or... 
