Haines v. Nance

Mr. Presiding Justice Boggs

delivered the opinion of the Court.

However strong the defense sought to be made may appear to be in merit or in point of equity, it can not prevail under the rules of law applicable to the instrument in suit and the act of the appellees in connection therewith. The instrument has all the qualities of a bill of exchange (3 Kent’s Com., 74; Daniel’s negotiable Instruments, 493-495; Randolph’s Commercial Paper, Vol. 1, page 2), except it does not contain Avords at one time deemed necessary to give it the quality of negotiability.

By the force and effect of Sec. 3, Chap.…