Jackson v. Foote’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “The defendant having delivered these notes with his guaranty upon them to Hooker & Co. in settlement of their demand against him, even though their demand was tainted as a gambling claim at common law, he cannot be allowed to set up the illegality of the dealings between himself and Hooker & Co. as a defence to these guarantees in the hands of a bonafide holder.. He has put this paper, with his guaranty affixed to it, afloat upon the market. Unless a clear case of violation of the statute is made out, and the burden of making such a case is upon the defendant, this guaranty in the hands of a bonafide holder for value is valid, and not tainted by any of the defences between the original parties.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Pearce v. Rice