Supreme Court of New Hampshire August 13, 1875 (Matthews v. Crosby)

lead-opinion

FROM MERRIMACK CIRCUIT COURT. The notes offered in evidence were payable at a time fixed, namely, one year after date, on no contingency or condition, but absolutely; for a sum certain, out of no special fund, but by the maker generally; and to the payee or bearer. These qualities answer the test of the negotiability of a promissory note. Harriman v. Sanborn, 43 N.H. 128; Cota v.