Cook v. Googins

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Cook v. Googins

126 Mass. 410, 1879 Mass. LEXIS 280

CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

DecidedMarch 28, 1879

StatusPublished

Cited by2 cases

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Cook v. Googins, 126 Mass. 410, 1879 Mass. LEXIS 280 (Mass. 1879).

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By the Court.

The St. of 1874, c. 404, which provides that “ all persons becoming parties to promissory notes payable on time, by a signature in blank on the back thereof, shall be entitled to notice of the non-payment thereof, the same as indorsers,” cannot, consistently Avith settled rules of interpretation, be construed to require, or to have been intended to répiire, any additional act to fix a liability under a positive and unconditional contract made before its passage.

Exceptions overruled.

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By the Court.

The St. of 1874, c. 404, which provides that “ all persons becoming parties to promissory notes payable on time, by a signature in blank on the back thereof, shall be entitled to notice of the non-payment thereof, the same as indorsers,” cannot, consistently Avith settled rules of interpretation, be construed to require, or to have been intended to répiire, any additional act to fix a liability under a positive and unconditional contract made before its passage.

Exceptions overruled.

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