 | 1825 - 800 páginas
...negligence. For if they thought that this check, presented six days after it was drawn, was tendered under circumstances which ought to have excited the suspicion of a prudent man of business, the plaintiff would be entitled to their verdict, though there might be no evidence that... | |
 | William Selwyn - 1827 - 760 páginas
...directed to find a verdict for the defendant, if they thought that the plaintiff had taken the bill under circumstances •which ought to have excited the suspicion of a prudent and careful man : and they having found for the defendant, the court refused to disturb the verdict.... | |
 | Henry Roscoe - 1829 - 532 páginas
...plaintiff had given value for the bill, of which there could be no doubt; and, 2dly, whether he took it under circumstances which ought to have excited the suspicion of a prudent and careful man. If they thought that he had taken the bill under such circumstances, then, notwithstanding... | |
 | 1835 - 520 páginas
...for value of a bill which has been stolen or lost, it is no defence that the bill was taken by him under circumstances which ' ought to have excited the suspicion of a prudent and careful man.' Nothing short of gross negligence will impeach his title. (See Backhouse v. Harrison,... | |
 | Henry Roscoe - 1831 - 788 páginas
...were properly directed to find for the plaintiff if they thought the defendant had taken the check under circumstances which ought to have excited the suspicion of a prudent man, and secondly, that the shopkeeper having taken the check five days after it was due, it was sufficient... | |
 | Henry Roscoe - 1832 - 660 páginas
...directed to find a verdict for the defendant, if they thought that the plaintiff had taken the bill under circumstances which ought to have excited the suspicion of a prudent and careful man, and the jury having found for the defendant, the court refused to disturb the verdict.... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of King's Bench - 1835 - 1218 páginas
...which he seeks to throw upon the holder. But, secondly, it is no defence that the plaintiff took the bill bona fide, but under circumstances which ought to have excited the suspicion of a prudent man that it had not been fairly obtained. The defendant is bound to show that the plaintiff was guilty... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Supreme Court, Thomas Isaac Wharton - 1889 - 648 páginas
...circumstance to be taken into consideration by a jury, in determining whether the party took the checks under circumstances which ought to have excited the suspicion of a prudent man." Chitty on Bills, 247-8. 546. (Walker r. Geisse.) But, it is said, that the checks in question were... | |
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... took it under circumstances which ought to have excited the suspicion of a prudent and careful man. 
