 Where a signature is forged or made without the authority of the person whose signature it purports to be, it is wholly inoperative, and no right to retain the instrument, or to give a discharge therefor, or to enforce payment thereof against any party...  The Pacific Reporter - Page 4111917Full view - About this book
 | Virginia - Law - 1899 - 724 pages
...right to retain the instrument or to give a discharge therefor or to enforce payment thereof against any party thereto can be acquired through or under...unless the party against whom it is sought to enforce such right is precluded from setting up the forgery or want of authority. ARTICLE II. CONSIDERATION.... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1916 - 1336 pages
...no liability is created against the apparent maker of a forged instrument unless he is estopped or precluded from setting up the forgery or want of authority. [Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Bills and Notes, Cent Dig. § 952; Dec. Dig. <S=377.] 5. CORPORATIONS ©=»423— ACTS OF DIRECTORS... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1906 - 1270 pages
...right to retain the instrument, or to give a discharge therefor, or to enforce payment thereof against any party thereto, can be acquired through or under...unless the party against whom it is sought to enforce such tight Is precluded from setting up the forgery or want of authority." It is clear from the record... | |
 | Maryland - Law - 1898 - 700 pages
...right to retain the instrument, or to give a discharge therefor, or to enforce payment thereof against any party thereto, can be acquired through or under...unless the party, against whom it is sought to enforce such right, is precluded from setting up the forgery or want of authority. CHAPTER III— Consideration... | |
 | Arkansas. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1922 - 722 pages
...right to retain the instrument, or to give a discharge therefor, or to enforce payment thereof against any party thereto, can be acquired through or under...unless the party, against whom it is sought to enforce such a right, is precluded from setting up the forgery or want of authority." Under this section payment... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1912 - 1266 pages
...acquired through or under such signature, unless the party against whom it is sought to enforce such right is precluded from setting up the forgery or want of authority. The plaintiff never obtained title to the check. He could not have enforced collection of it, and what... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1914 - 1254 pages
...the instrument, to give a discharge therefor or to enforce payment thereof, can be acquired through such signature unless the party against whom it is sought to enforce such right is precluded from setting up the forgery or want of authority, a bank which collected checks... | |
 | New York (State). Courts - Law reports, digests, etc - 1914 - 822 pages
...instrument upon which the money was paid, ' ' unless the party against whom it is sought to enforce such right is precluded from setting up the forgery or want of authority." Its endorsement is a warranty of the genuineness of prior endorsements, and, upon the discovery that... | |
 | New York (State) - Law - 1897 - 996 pages
...right to retain the instrument, or to give a discharge therefor, or to enforce payment thereof against any party thereto, can be acquired through or under...unless the party, against whom it is sought to enforce such right, is precluded from setting up the forgery or want of authority. ARTICLE III. CONSIDERATION... | |
 | Colorado - Electronic journals - 1897 - 434 pages
...right to retain the instrument, or to give a discharge therefor, or to enforce payment thereof against any party thereto, can be acquired through or under...unless the party, against whom it is sought to enforce such right, is precluded from setting up the forgery or want of authority. ARTICLE II. Consideration.... | |
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