Sect. 1. What a Bill or Note is,
2. An Order or Promise,
3. For Payment of Money,
4. Absolutely and at all Events,
5. Date,
6. Place of Making,
7. Place of Payment,
8. Payee,
9. Signature,
10. Attestation,
11. Expressing Value received,
12. Memorandums upon,
13. Legal Obligation of a Bill or Note,
Transfer of Bills or Notes.
SECT. 1. Of the Transfer of Bills or Notes,
How-by Delivery,
Endorsement,
blank,
full, .
restrictive,
of the whole Sum,
2. By whom,
Thief or Finder,
Bailee for special purpose,
Person of the same Name as the Payee,
Trustee,
in case of several unconnected Payees,
in case of partnership of Payees,
in case of a Note payable to an incorporated
Bank,
in case of Feme Payee marrying,
in case of Feme Covert Payee,
Infant, .
Executors of Payee,
Assignees of Bankrupt Payee,
Bankrupt Trustee,
Agent, or Executor, Obligation upon,
3. When.—After due,
after Acceptance refused,
in case of Checks,
after actual Payment,
before filling up,
Of Bills in Sets, .
Obligation of Endorsement,
Or Delivery,
Not on the Bill,
97. 102 to 109
By keeping or destroying the Bill,
110
Conditional or absolute,
98. 112 to 114
According to or varying from the tenor,
98. 115
as to the Place,
115
What Holder may require,
116
Rejection of—what shall be,
116
Alteration of,
117
Revocation of,
117 to 119
Waiver of,
119
by Indulgence to the Drawer or other Parties, 121
in Cases of Accommodation Acceptances,
122
Presentment and Notice.
Sect. 1. Presentment, obligation to make,
124
where,
within what Hours, .
135
for Acceptance,
for Payment,
141
by whom,
140
when,
141
of Bills, &c. payable on Demand,
141
of Bills, &c. entitled to Grace, &c. 150 to 153
where the Time is computed by the Old Style, 154
or by the Usance,
155
if excused by Bankruptcy, or other Inca-
pacity of Drawee or Maker,
155
right to insist on, how waived or modified, 156
2. Notice of Non-acceptance,
159
of partial or conditional Acceptance,
'160
from whom,
161 to 163
Protest,
164
at what Time,
169
at what Time to be given,
171
in what Manner,
176
to whom necessary—Drawer of Bill—Payee-
or Endorser,
184
to Acceptor-or Maker,
203
Notice, want of-when excused-by part Payment or
promise,
187
want of Effects in the Drawee's hands,
192
or other cause,
196
Remedy on Bills or Notes, by Action.
Sect. 1. Remedy on Bills or Notes, by Action.
by whom,
When,
Against whom,
Staying Proceedings.-On what Terms,
Extinguishment, what,
Satisfaction, what,
Indulgence, &c.
What recoverable,
Interest—Exchange-Re-ex-
change, &c.
In what Form of Action,
By making the Bill or Note Evidence on the
Money Counts,
By suing for the Consideration on which the Bill
or Note was given,
On guarantee of Payment,
On Bill or Note which is lost or destroyed,
Form of special Count on Bill,
What Allegations in a special Count necessary
Sufficient-Proper-Or Improper,
Remedy upon a Bill or Note by proving it under a Commission of
Bankruptcy, or suing out a Commission thereon.
Though the Bill or Note is not due,
290
Though the Holder did not become so until after the Act
of Bankruptcy,
293
Though the Bankrupt had committed an Act of Bank-
ruptcy before he became Party to the Bill or Note, 294
In case of Party who takes up the Bill or Note after the
Commission,
295
Though he was only an Accommodation Party, 295
In case of Accommodation Parties who became so be-
fore Notice of any Act of Bankruptcy, and were con-
tinued so by Renewal afterwards,
297
In case of counter Acceptances, or other Exchanges of
Paper,
298
Bankers accepting Bills, and having Bilis remit-
ted,
301
Reciprocai Accommodation without specific Ex-
change,
301
Under Commissions against several Parties,
304
To what Amount,
305
To what Set-off liable,
307
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