New York Supreme Court, 1873

Loomis v. Ruck

Loomis v. Ruck
New York Supreme Court · Decided May 15, 1873 · Barnard
14 Abb. Pr. 385

Counsel

B. M. Stillwell, for the appellants., Edward J. Maxwell, for respondent.

Loomis v. Ruck

Opinion of the Court

By the Court.*—J. F. Barnard, J.

We think that a note made by a mailed woman payable to her own order and at a future date and at a specified place, is negotiable although it contain a clause that the amount of the note is therein made a charge upon her separate estate. To give her a position as to her separate estate as if unmarried, the use of the words whereby her separate estate is charged should not be held to destroy the negotiability of the note.

The plaintiff is a bona fide holder of the note before maturity. He gave up his claim against John Ruck and took therefor the note in question.

The cases establish this to be a good consideration. The judgment should be affirmed, with costs.

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