Question 60. - Is a note in the following form collectible from the estate of the maker if he should die before March 18th, 1918?

$200. March 18th, 1918.

Two months after date for value received I promise to pay to the order of John Smith at the office of the........Bank,

St. John, two hundred........dollars.

John Brown.

Answer. - A note is not invalid by reason of its being postdated, and the amount is recoverable from the estate of the maker. See section 27, Bills of Exchange Act.