Excerpt from A Treatise on the Law of Negotiable Instruments, Vol. 1 of 2: Including Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, Negotiable Bonds and Coupons, Checks, Bank Notes, Certificates of Deposit, Certificates of Stock, Bills of Credit, Bills of Lading, Guaranties, Letters of Credit, And Circular NotesThe rapid sale of the first edition of this work has demonstrated the correctness of the Opinion expressed by its author, that a treatise on the subject of Negotiable Instruments was a desideratum to the legal profession and the ¿attering utterances with which it has been received by the bench and bar induce him to hope that he has not altogether failed in his effort to supply it.In response to continuous demands, a second edition is now put forth, containing one hundred and four pages of new matter, and citations of over a thousand cases not embraced in the first edition. The important adjudications of the English and American courts since the spring of 1876 have been carefully collated, and the text presents, as the author hopes, a faithful record of The Law of Negotiable Instruments, as it is now interpreted and practiced.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.