A

SUMMARY

OF THE LAW OF

BILLS OF EXCHANGE,

CASH BILLS,

AND

PROMISSORY NOTES.

BY JOHN BAYLEY, ESQ.

BARRISTER AT LAW.

(NOW ONE OF THE JUSTICES OF HIS MAJESTY'S COURT OF KING'S BENCH.)

THE THIRD EDITION.

BY WILLIAM ENGLISH BARNES, ESQ.

BARRISTER AT LAW.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR J. BUTTERWORTH, FLEET-STREET ;
W. CLARKE AND SONS, PORTUGAL-STREET; AND J. COOKE,

ORMOND-QUAY, DUBLIN.

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PREFACE

TO THE FIRST EDITION.

THE many modern determinations upon the Law of Bills and Notes, and the importance of an intimate acquaintance with the principles of those determinations, is a sufficient apology for an attempt to collect and methodize them. In the following attempt, what are commonly stiled Bills of Exchange, Cash Bills, and Promissory Notes, are considered together; for a Cash Bill is as much a Bill of Exchange as any Inland Bill, and a Note after transfer is in legal operation a complete Bill, and must therefore have, when first made, the same essential qualities with Bills.

4 Feb. 1789.