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02 Nego 85to131
02 Nego 85to131
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the requisites of
Sec. 1 of the N£L
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negotiation assignment
HDC may have Transferee acquires
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Yc Ñritten contract for the payment of Transferee has Transferee has no
money, by its form intended as right of recourse right of recourse
substitute for money and intended to against
pass from hand to hand to give the HDC intermediate
the right to hold the same and collect parties
the sum due.
Yc £nstruments are negotiable when they
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prescribed by the N£L Act 2031, 03
February 1911. 1.c issue
Yc Although considered as medium for .c negotiation
payment of obligations, negotiable .c presentment for acceptance in certain bills
instruments are not legal tender {ec. .c acceptance
60, New Central Bank Act, R.A. 7653 .c dishonor by or acceptance
Yc Negotiable instruments shall produce the .c presentment for payment
effect of payment only when they have .c dishonor by nonpayment
been encashed or when through the
.c notice of dishonor
fault of the creditor they have been .c protest in certain cases
impaired. Art. 1249, CC BUT a CHECK 10.c discharge
which has been cleared and credited to
the account of the creditor shall be
equivalent to a delivery to the creditor of
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Yc unconditional promise in writing made
The N£L applies only to instruments which by one person to another signed by
conform with the requisites laid ddown by the maker
Sec1 of the law. Should any of said Yc engaging to pay on demand, or at a
requisites be absent, the instrument would fixed or determinable future time a
not be negotiable and would therefore not be sum certain in money to order or to
governed by the N£L but by the general law bearer
on contracts. Yc where a note is drawn to the maker¶s
own order, not complete until
MICHAEL A. OSMEÑA v. CITIBANK (2004) indorsed by him {ec. 184, NIL.
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signed by the person giving it
Yc requiring the person to whom it is
addressed to pay on demand or at a
fixed or determinable future time a
sum certain in money to order or to
bearer {ec. 126, NIL.
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ÚSEC.17, presumption is conclusive
NILV c CamposesV Should an undelivered
instrument come into the hands of a
· c Sum expressed in words takes holder in due course, the maker is
precedence over sum in numbers BUT liable to him regardless of any proof
where words are so ambiguous or of the lack of valid delivery.
uncertain, reference to the figures Yc PRESUMPT£
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should be made c Date is not an essential element of
r c Ñhere interest is stipulated, without negotiability
specification of the starting date, the c An undated instrument is considered
interest runs from the date of the to be dated as of the time it was
instrument, and if undated, from the issued
issue thereof
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holder may treat it as either at his
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clear, he is to be deemed an indorser
one person to another as to constitute the
A c l£ promise to pay´ when signed by two transferee the holder thereof.
or more persons is deemed to be ointly
Yc £f payable to BEARER, negotiated by
and severally signed
delivery if payable to
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by indorsement of holder delivery
Sec.30, NIL
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Every holder is deemed prima facie to be a
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Prima facie presumption
holder in due course but when it is shown
in favor of holder
that the title of any person who has
Yc Burden is reversed burden negotiated the instrument was defective, the
on holder to prove that he or some burden is on the holder to prove that he or
person under whom he claims acquired some person under whom he claims acquired
title as HDC when it is shown that the the title as a holder in due course. But the
title of any person who has negotiated last mentioned rule does not apply in favor of
instrument was defective a party who became bound on the instrument
Yc There will be prior to the acquisition of such defective title.
no reversal if the party being made Sec.59., NIL
liable became bound prior to the
acquisition of such defective title i.e., ASIA BANKING CORP. v. TAN SEN GUAN
where defense is not his own (1923).
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NCLUS£VE presumption of a valid
delivery where the instrument is in the
hands of a HDC
Yc PR£MA AC£E presumption of a valid
delivery where the instrument is no
longer in the possession of a party whose
sig appears thereon Sec. 16, NIL