 | William Herbert Page - Annotations and citations (Law) - 1914 - 1166 pages
...following requirements: (1) It must be in writing and signed by the maker or drawer; (2) Must contain an unconditional promise or order to pay a sum certain in money; (3) Must be payable on demand or at a fixed or determinate future time; (4) Must be payable to order... | |
 | William Mark McKinney, Burdett Alberto Rich - Law - 1914 - 1424 pages
...promissory note.* The Negotiable Instruments Law declares that an instrument to be negotiable "must contain an unconditional promise or order to pay a sum certain in money." * The reason of the rule, it was well said by Lord Kenyon, is "that it would perplex the commercial... | |
 | Appellate courts - 1915 - 748 pages
...that such instruments : "(1) Must be in writing and signed by the maker or drawer ; (2) must contain an unconditional promise or order to pay a sum certain In money; (3) must be payable on demand, or at a fixed or determinable future time; (4) must be payable to order... | |
 | Louisiana, Robert Hardin Marr - Law - 1915 - 960 pages
...following requirements : 1. It must be in writing, and signed by the maker or drawer; 2. Must contain an unconditional promise or order to pay a sum certain in money ; 3. Must be payable on demand, or at a fixed or determinable future time ; 4. Must be payable to order... | |
 | Nebraska. Supreme Court, David Allen Campbell, Guy Ashton Brown, Lorenzo Crounse, Walter Alber Leese, Lee Herdmen, Henry Clay Lindsay, Henry Paxon Stoddart - Law reports, digests, etc - 1915 - 986 pages
...negotiability of the note thus destroyed? Under the statute an instrument, to be negotiable, "must contain an unconditional promise or order to pay a sum certain in money." Rev. St. 1913, sec. 5319. The act of the legislature defines what a "sum certain" is, but does not... | |
 | Fred P. Caldwell - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1916 - 1200 pages
...following requirements: (1) It must be in writing and signed by the maker or drawer. (2) Must contain an unconditional promise or order to pay a sum certain in money. (3) Must be payable on demand or at a fixed or determinable future time. (4) Must be payable to the... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia - 1964 - 1598 pages
...negotiable instrument within this article must (a) be signed by the maker or drawer; and (b) contain an unconditional promise or order to pay a sum certain in money and no other promise, order, obligation or power given by the maker or drawer except as authorized... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1926 - 968 pages
...define what instruments ' must contain in order to be negotiable. Among other things, there must be an unconditional promise or order to pay a sum certain in money, with, interest at a definite time or by installments; may have a provision accelerating the due date with... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1926 - 968 pages
...Code define what instruments must contain in order to be negotiable. Among other things, there must be an unconditional promise or order to pay a sum certain in money, with interest at a definite time or by installments; may have a provision accelerating the due date with... | |
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Where the instrument is addressed to a drawee, he must be named or otherwise indicated therein with reasonable certainty. 
