Abraham v. Mike’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. ““Plaintiff herein urges that the statute requires a renunciation to be in writing. This is true unless, as pleaded in the case at bar, the instrument is delivered up to the person primarily liable thereon. Saab v. Clawson, 138 Okl. 126 , 280 P. 598 , establishes the rule in this state that such renunciation may be proved by pa-rol testimony where, as alleged in the case at bar, the note has been surrendered and delivered to the principal debt- or. Daniel on Negotiable Instruments (6th Ed.) par. 1288, lays down the rule thus: ‘If the holder of a bill or note renounces his claim and gives up the instrument, the drawer and indorsers are as much discharged as by payment and he cannot sue the maker or makers on it.’ “That a renunciation may be gratuitous is held by numerous authorities, including Gannon v. Bronston, 246 Ky. 612 , 55 S.W. (2d) 358 , 86 A.L.R. 324 .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 258 So. 2d 247 - McLean v. Green