Pratt v. . Coman

The plaintiff, upon the conceded facts of this case, must be regarded, in law, a bona fide holder, for value, of the note upon which this action is brought. I do not deem it important to inquire, in this case, whether the receipt of the note in suit by the plaintiff, and the surrender to Agnew of his note, to take up which this note was received by the plaintiff, was, under the facts, as found by the referee, a discharge and satisfaction, or payment, of the debt of which the note surrendered by the plaintiff was the evidence. The general rule of presumption, it seems to me, should be, that…