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Show V Check h t CaiEi 1'ajBiMl. The Supreme Court of Minnesota lias lattiy reiidemj 1 decision ot much inlere-t ta the butlne com. muniti In dvrl-iring tint banx checks are not (ash, ami do not pass legal value as inomy until cashed. In oilier words, Uie glvl jg of a check on a bauk U noli pa-ment pa-ment when pOeed lietween dtbtur anu creaiior, imi oiny ueTimw so when Uie miney is leixived on It The court holds that in nccepUug a cheek fro-n a debtor there Is nu legal presumptl n that the creditor takes it in ab'uto ayrocnt, but only conditionally, or as'n written aekuowledgment bf the debt. Where goods are sold fur cash on drll very, anil the purchast r tt riders ajuwii in a check or draft on his bankir, such payment Is only conditional; condi-tional; and the den very of the goads, if made, U elst conditional, condition-al, if the check it li-hanored on presentation, the seller may rttnke the goods fur the purchast inone, 1 ven from the f osseteion of a thlru or innocent (art, unlr-it can be shown that the teller has tecugullty of such uegllg-nro ns would estop him from recovering In tipiitj . Tliis dc UI0.1 is among tho tint renderel to higher cjurts that Is s far-reachlu; and if supported bj oUier hlh Intmntl', will settle a mooted nuesllou Ia i-onimcrrlal circles. The same 1 rinclple has Leen applied to unpaid note ly one ur tiro court", which lie hel I that the seller does not lose his Hen, far purchae mone, ou gomls sold, until hu receives the actual cash, ami may retake at any thus prior thereto if tbo Indebtedness tw not met t maturity. SiAfniifh Aintn can. |