1. DONATIO MORTIS CAUSA OF NEGOTIABLE PAPER.
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GIFTS causa mortis , *GIFTS , *DEATH , *NEGOTIABLE instruments , *CHECKS , *PROMISSORY notes , *AMERICAN law - Abstract
Discusses the legal issue of donatio mortis causa of negotiable instruments in the United States. Distinction between the case of a bill of exchange and that of a check payable to bearer; Case of "Rolls v. Pearce"; Ruling in "Clemen v. Cheesman" that the gift of two checks of a third person, owned by the donor, is a valid donatio mortis causa; Ruling that promissory notes made or the bills of exchange drawn by the donor himself are not valid donatio mortis causa.
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- 1892
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