THE LAW OF BILLS OF EXCHANGE, PROMISSORY NOTES, CHECKS, &c. BY CUTHBERT W. JOHNSON, ESQ. OF GRAY'S INN, BARRISTER AT LAW. Second Edition. LONDON: JOHN RICHARDS AND CO., LAW BOOKSELLERS, 194. FLEET-STREET. ADVERTISEMENT ΤΟ THE SECOND EDITION. IN again presenting this work, with a digest of such cases as have been decided since its first publication, the author has little to add, except the expression of his gratitude to the profession for the manner in which this little book has been received. The recent statutes exempting Bills of Exchange, of not more than twelve months' duration, from the operation of the usury laws, and several important decisions of the courts, will be found in the digest (p. xxiii.), most of which will materially tend to the more unrestricted and equitable use of these generally employed negotiable securities. Gray's Inn Square, PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION. IN this work I have endeavoured to include, in as brief limits as possible, every case of importance, and principal point worthy of notice, in the law of Bills of Exchange. I have paid no attention to any other objects, but conciseness and usefulness; and have spared no pains to make it accurate. With these views I submit this compendium of authorities to the profession, and beg to request for it a favourable consideration. For any criticisms, or suggestions for its improvement, I shall be grateful, and will gladly avail myself of them in any future edition to which it may have the good fortune to attain. 14. Gray's Inn Square. |