It is a fraud to conceal a fraud.

Ignorance of the law excuses no one.

A contract made on a Sunday is void.

A contract made with a lunatic is void.

The act of one partner binds all the others.

An agreement without consideration is void.

The law compels no one to do impossibilities.

Agents are liable to their principals for errors.

Principals are liable for the acts of their agents.

A receipt for money paid is not legally conclusive.

Signatures made with a lead pencil are good in law.

The seal of a party to a written contract imports consideration.

If no time of payment is specified in a note it is payable on demand.

An outlawed debt is revived should the debtor make a partial payment.

A check indorsed by the payee is evidence of payment in the drawer's hands.

A lease of land for a longer term than one year is void unless in writing.

Notes obtained by fraud, or made by an intoxicated person, are not collectable.

Each individual in a partnership is liable for the whole amount of the debts of the firm.

An indorser can avoid liability by writing "without recourse" beneath his signature.

A note which does not state on its face that it bears interest, will bear interest only after due.

A contract made with a minor cannot be enforced against him. A note made by a minor is voidable.

An indorser of a note is exempt from liability if notice of its dishonor is not mailed or served within twenty-four hours of its non-payment.

In case of the death of the principal maker of a note the holder is not required to notify a surety that the note is not paid, before the settlement of the maker's estate.

If negotiable paper, pledged to a bank as security for the payment of a loan or debt, falls due, and the bank fails to demand payment and have it protested when dishonored, the bank is liable to the owner for the full amount of the paper.

Sometimes the holder of paper has the right to demand payment before maturity; for instance, when a draft has been protested for non-acceptance and the proper notices served, the holder may at once proceed against the drawer and indorsers.

Negotiable paper, payable to bearer or indorsed in blank, which has been stolen or lost, cannot be collected by the thief or finder, but a holder who receives it in good faith before maturity, for value, can hold it against the owner's claims at the time it was lost.

Want of consideration - a common defense interposed to the payment of negotiable paper - is a good defense between the original parties to the paper; but after it has been transferred before maturity, to an innocent holder, for value, it is not a defense.

If a note or draft is to be paid in the State where it is made, the contract will be governed by the laws of that State. When negotiable paper is payable in a State other than that in which it is made, the laws of that State will govern it. Marriage contracts, if valid where they are made, are valid everywhere. Contracts relating to personal property are governed by the laws of the place where made, except those relating to real estate, which are governed by the laws of the place where the land is situated.