Legal Opinion

Wilkins v. RELIANCE EQUIPMENT CO.

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided August 6, 1953No. 1 Div. 492PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Per curiam

The questions on this appeal are controlled primarily by the Negotiable Instruments Law, 'Code 1940, Tit. 39, § 1 et seq. That is to say, whether a note executed by complainants to the order of Wayne E. Banks for $4,500, dated January 10, 1950, is a negotiable instrument and whether respondent is' a holder in due course.

The bill was filed by complainants, the makers of said note with a mortgage to secure it, to cancel the note and mortgage. It alleges that the consideration failed; that the nóte and mortgage were delivered conditionally and the condition was never fulfilled, and that the…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Thorp v. MindemanWisconsin Supreme Court · 1904
  2. Estate of Philpott v. PhilpottSupreme Court of Iowa · 1915
  3. Paepcke v. PaineMichigan Supreme Court · 1931
  4. Niehuss v. FordSupreme Court of Alabama · 1949
  5. Westlake v. CooperSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1918

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Inland Mutual Insurance Company v. HightowerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1962
  2. McLean v. PaddockNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1967
  3. Rhodes v. SchofieldSupreme Court of Alabama · 1955
  4. Marbury-Pattillo Construction Co. v. Bayside Warehouse Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
  5. Rhodes v. TomlinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1958

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