186 W. Va. 136 - Rahall v. Tweel’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
2
states following
August 2009
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 167 W. Va. 779 - Ratlief v. Yokum · Farmers State Bank v. Cooper · Patrick v. State · Thompson v. United States · Varney Wood Products, Inc. v. Strickler
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“[t]he official comment to our Code provisions involving the Uniform Commercial Code are taken verbatim from the Official Comments contained in the original Uniform Commercial Code and represent the textual statements of the drafters of the Code and are recognized by courts and commentators as an official source document for interpretation of the code provisions.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“a signature in the lower right hand corner of an instrument indicates an intent to sign as the maker of a note....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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