Leiber v. Goodrich
New York Supreme Court
On demurrer to the declaration. The plaintiff declared, for that the defendant, on the first day of June, A. D. 1817, at pajnted Post, to wit, at Utica, in the county of Oneida, made his certain promissory note in writing, General demurrer and joinder. And the question was, whether this was a promissory negotiable note, for the payment of money, within the statute, (1 R. L. 151.
1Opinion of the Court
Curia, per Sutherland, J.
Payment in any bank Dills generally current in the state of Pennsylvania, although not current in this state, would satisfy the terms of the note. Its legal effect, therefore, is the same, as though it had been payable merely in bank bills, current in the state of Pennsylvania. Are such bills known, approved of and used in this state as cash 1 I believe that, m truth, most of the Pennsylvania bills pass only at a discount in this state. But if the fact be otherwise, it certainly is not so notorious, that we can officially take notice of it. The note, therefore, is not…
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