Citizens National Bank v. Custis

The' paper writing in controversy on this appeal would formerly have been a non-negotiable instrument, known as á single bill or writing obligatory, since, by concluding the body of the paper with the term “Witness my hand and seal,” it made the subsequent signature and seal of the subscribing obligor the real evidence of the execution of the instrument and gave to it the character and effect of a specialty (a). In an action at law on such a sealed instrument, the absence or failure of consideration could not be inquired into or be made a matter of defence, except through a plea by way of…