Mechanics' Bank v. Yager
Mississippi Supreme Court
Mechanics' Bank v. Yager, 62 Miss. 529 (Miss. 1885)
Campbell
Mechanics' Bank v. Yager
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
Writing his name across the face of a bill of exchange by the drawee is a compliance with § 1133 of the Code of 1880. Spear v. Pratt, 2 Hill (N. Y.) 582; Peterson v. Hubbard, 28 Mich. 197.
The statute requires the acceptance to be in writing, and subscribing his name by the drawee on the bill is acceptance in writing of an unmistakable character, and fully satisfies the requirement of the statute.
Reversed and remanded.
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- Bill or Exchange. Acceptance. Section 1133, Code 1880, construed,. Where the drawee of a hill of exchange writes his name across the face of the bill, this is a compliance with the requirement of $ 1133 of the Code of 1880, that “the acceptance of a bill of exchange must be in writing, duly subscribed, in order to charge the acceptor.”