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In Leask v. Dew, 102 App. Div. (N.Y.) 529; affirmed in 184 N.Y. 599, the provision in question was applied to a gratuitous relinquishment, as was also the case in Edwards v. Walters, L.R. 2 Ch. 157, (1896) and Francis v. Bruce, L.R. 44 Ch. Div. 627 (1890), where a similar clause in the English Bills of Exchange Act was considered.
Summary of this case from Whitcomb v. Nat'l Ex. BankOpinion
Argued March 22, 1906
Decided April 6, 1906
John M. Scribner for appellant.
T.S. Ormiston for respondents.
Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: CULLEN, Ch. J., GRAY, EDWARD T. BARTLETT, HAIGHT, VANN, WILLARD BARTLETT and CHASE, JJ.