 | Joseph Chitty - 1818 - 892 Seiten
...Miller v. Race1, observed, " that these notes are not, like bills of exchange, " mere securities, or documents for debts, nor are so " esteemed ; but are treated as money in the ordinary " course and transactions of business, by the general " consent of mankind ; and on... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, Richard Vaughan Barnewall, Sir Edward Hall Alderson - 1821 - 754 Seiten
...payable to bearer." And in Miller v. Race, speaking of bank notes, he says, ** They are not goods, nor securities, nor documents for debts, nor are so esteemed,...transaction of business, by the general consent of man(a) 5 Burr. 1516. (6) Doug. 636. kind, which gives them the credit and currency of 1820. money,... | |
 | Joseph Chitty - 1826 - 710 Seiten
...Miller v. Race,™ observed, " That these notes are not, like bills of exchange, mere securities, or " documents for debts, nor are so esteemed ; but are treated as money "in the ordinary course and transactions of business, by the general " consent of mankind ; and on... | |
 | Vermont. Supreme Court, Asa Aikens - 1827 - 440 Seiten
...or checks. Bank bills are not mere securities, or documents, for debts, 'but are treated as money, in the ordinary course and transaction of business, by the general consent of mankind. (Miller vs. Ross, 1 Burr. 457. 3 Alk. 232.) They pass by a will, which bequeaths all the testator's... | |
 | Henry Roscoe - 1829 - 532 Seiten
...contained shall extend to prevent any such promissory note from being made payable treated as money or cash in the ordinary course and transaction of business. By the general consent of mankind, they are as much money as guineas themselves are, and on payment of them, whenever a receipt is required,... | |
 | Charles Petersdorff - 1830 - 702 Seiten
...Mansfield emphatically observed, that these notes are not like bills of exchange, mere securities or documents for debts, nor are so esteemed, but are treated as money in the ordinary course and transactions of business, by the general consent of mankind, and on payment... | |
 | 1842 - 422 Seiten
...strong when he said, " they are not goods, nor securities, nor documents for debts: but are treated ay money, as cash, in the ordinary course and transaction of business, by the general conient of mankind, which gives them the credit and currency of money 4.0 all intents and purposes.... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Exchequer, Roger Meeson, William Newland Welsby - 1845 - 930 Seiten
...Lord Mansfield in Miller v. Race (b), who, in speaking of bank notes, says, " They are not goods, nor securities, nor documents for debts, nor are so esteemed,...transaction of business, by the general consent of mankind." If that is so in the ordinary transactions of business, how much more must it be so as against parties... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1854 - 622 Seiten
...Mantfield, in Miller r*. Race, •"that these notes arc not like bills of exchange, mere securities or documents for debts, nor are so esteemed ; but are treated as money, in the ordinary course and transactions of business, by the general consent of mankind." 1 Burrow,... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - 1857 - 718 Seiten
...To use the words of Lord Mansfield " these notes are not, like bills of exchange, mere securities or documents for debts, nor are so esteemed; but are treated as money in the ordinary course and transactions of business, by the general consent of mankind; and on payment... | |
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But the whole i'allacy of the argument turns upon comparing bank notes to what they do not resemble, arid what they ought not to be compared to, riz. to goods, or to securities, or documents for debts. Xoivthry are not goods, not securities, nor documents... 
