 | Great Britain. Courts, Frederick Augustus Carrington, Joshua Ryland Marshman - 1843 - 750 Seiten
...stamped as such. In the case of Brooks v. Elkins, 2 M. & W. 74, it was held by the Court of Exchequer, that no particular form of words is necessary to constitute a promissory note, and that a paper in the following form, " llth October, 1831. "IOU £20, to be paid on the 22nd instant,... | |
 | South Carolina. Court of Appeals, James Albert Strobhart - 1851 - 258 Seiten
...persons, so as to enable them to sue upon them as upon the transfer of bills of exchange." However, "it is well settled that no particular form of words is necessary in order to constitute a promissory note. What, then, is the meaning of the instrument in question... | |
 | Florida. Supreme Court - 1859 - 560 Seiten
...least to the application of elementary principles, the only unerring guide to correct conclusions. It is well settled, that no particular form of words is necessary in order to vest property in a married woman to her separate use ; but the intention to give her such... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - 1907 - 1382 Seiten
...note, for it is not in express terms a promise, but a request to pay. It is familiar law, however, that no particular form of words is necessary to constitute a promissory note. There need not be a promise in express terms, it being sufficient if an undertaking to pay is implied... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - 1874 - 678 Seiten
...The next question, and the principal one in the case, is,. was that fee absolute or conditional ? " It is well settled that no particular form of words is necessary to create a condition. If it is to be gathered from all the provisions of a will taken together, that... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - 1880 - 696 Seiten
...note, for it is not in express terms a promise, but a request to pay. It is familiar law, however, that no particular form of words is necessary to constitute a promissory note. There need not be a promise in express terms, it being sufficient if an undertaking to pay is implied... | |
 | James Barr Ames - 1881 - 932 Seiten
...though an informal one, between the maker and the in dorsee, and then, and not till then, it became an assignable note. " It is well settled that no particular...draws an instrument in the form of a bill of exchange- o» himself, and accepts it, it is a promissory note. If he says, 'I pay to AB £100," and adds an... | |
 | Thomas Hodgins - 1890 - 336 Seiten
...and the note put in circulation, it became a note payable to bearer. ILLUSTRATIONS. "If a man draw an instrument in the form of a bill of exchange on...to the instrument, it may be declared on as a note :" Per Parke, B., in Hooper v. Williams, 12 Jur. 270. A banking company carried on business in London... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - 1893 - 1062 Seiten
...tleidenheimer, and which consists of Con VHYANOB — WORDS SUFFICIENT TO OONOTITUTK. — latent Governs. — It is well settled that no particular form of words is necessary to effect a conveyance of read estate. Any words which denote the intention of the parties to a deed... | |
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... form of a draft or bill of exchange, except that it is not addressed to or drawn upon any one, and therefore lacks one essential characteristic of a bill. It is not in the ordinary form of a promissory note, for it is not in express terms a promise,... 
