MUTTURAMEN CHETTY v. ALLEGAN CANGANY.

MUTTURAMEN CHETTY v. ALLEGAN CANGANY.

D.C., Kandy, 11,954.

 

Promissory note-Marginal figures--Difference between marginal figure and amount mentioned in body of note.

The marginal figures in a promissory note or bill of exchange are not an essential part of it.

If there is any difference between the amount expressed in the marginal note and the amount expressed in the bill, the latter amount is to be deemed the amount for which the bill was made.

PLAINTIFF, the endorsee of a promissory note, sued the maker thereof for the recovery of a sum of Rs. 293.75 alleged to be due to him thereon. The defendant admitted the making of the note, but said that it was granted for a sum of Rs. 193-75; that that amount was entered by him on the top of a printed form which was handed by him to the payee with authority to him to fill in the blanks. He also said that the figure I in the amount entered by him on the top of the note had been unlawfully altered into 2, and that such entry being a material part of the note, the alteration rendered the note void and freed him from liability to be sued thereon.

For the plaintiff it was cont

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