 ... of the person whose signature it purports to be, it is wholly inoperative, and no right to retain the instrument, or to give a discharge therefor, or to enforce payment thereof against any party thereto, can be acquired through or under such signature,...  Acts of the Legislature of West Virginia - Page 384by West Virginia - 1907Full view - About this book
 | John James MacLaren - 1909 - 658 pages
...enforce payment thereof against any party thereto, can be acquired through or under such signature, unless the party against whom it is sought to enforce...setting up the forgery or want of authority. ARTICLE III.— CONSIDERATION OF NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS. consideration ; nnd every person whose signature appears... | |
 | 1909 - 1386 pages
...enforce payment thereof against any party thereto, can be acquired through or under such signature, unless the party against whom it is sought to enforce...from setting up the forgery or want of authority." Laws 1897, chap. 612, p. 727, § 42. If it was necessary for Carroll Brothers to indorse the draft... | |
 | New York (State) - 1909 - 926 pages
...enforce payment thereof against any party thereto, can be acquired through or under such signature, unless the party, against whom it is sought to enforce...from setting up the forgery or want of authority. Formerly L. 1897, ch <i'l2, § 42. §§ 50-55 Consideration. Art. -1 ARTICLE 4 Consideration Section... | |
 | Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - 1909 - 1006 pages
...of the Chicago bank. The ^Negotiable Instrument Act (Va. Code, 1904, sec. 2641a. 24), declares that "every negotiable instrument is deemed prima facie to have been issued for a vahiable consideration, and every person whose signature appears thereon to have become a party thereto... | |
 | Willis Seaver Paine - 1910 - 874 pages
...enforce payment thereof against any party thereto, can be acquired through or under such signature, unless the party, against whom it is sought to enforce...setting up the forgery or want of authority. ARTICLE 4. CONSIDEBATION. SECTION 50. Presumption of consideration. 61. What constitutes consideration. 52.... | |
 | Louis Applebome - 1910 - 468 pages
...enforce payment thereof against any party thereto, can be acquired through or under such signature, unless the party, against whom it is sought to enforce...from setting up the forgery or want of authority." Q. A gives his note to B for a debt which he owes B. Upon suit on the note by B, A defends upon the... | |
 | Ernest Wilson Huffcut - 1910 - 914 pages
...enforce payment thereof against any party thereto, can be acquired through or under such signature,19 unless the party, against whom it is sought to enforce...is precluded from setting up the forgery or want of authority.20 [NOTE. — See Bills of Exchange Act, section 24.] ARTICLE IV. CONSIDERATION. SECTION... | |
 | Delaware - 1911 - 862 pages
...enforce payment thereof against any party thereto, can be acquired through or under such signature, unless the party, against whom it is sought to enforce...from setting up the forgery or want of authority. In case of a forged signature. ARTICLE 2. Consideration. Section 24. Every negotiable instrument is... | |
 | West Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - 1911 - 906 pages
...any party 662 HAUPT r. VINT. [Feb. 1911. lheroto, can be acquired through or under such signature, unless the party against whom it is sought to enforce...from setting up the forgery or want of authority." As we have seen, the authorities had been conflicting as to whether the agent could be held liable... | |
 | Joseph Doddridge Brannan - 1911 - 372 pages
...enforce payment thereof against any party thereto, can be acquired through or under such signature, unless the party, against whom it is sought to enforce...is precluded from setting up the forgery or want of authority.19 (a) is "Where a bill is drawn or indorsed by an infant, minor, or corporation having no... | |
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