Cranson v. Smith

Cranson, who was a Iona fide holder of a promissory note given for the purchase of an interest in a patented invention, who had notice that such was the consideration, but who had no reason to believe there was any fraud in the transaction, brought suit on the note against the maker, and was defeated on the ground that the statute of this State, which requires such notes to show *311upon their face the fact that they were given for patent rights, had not been complied with.

The court below refused to charge that this statute was invalid, and directed the jury to follow its provisions.

The statute,…