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IF the Name of the Person, to whom a Bill of Exchange is made payable, chance to be mended or interlin'd in the Bill, and the same be accepted by the Person upon whom it is drawn, (tho it is an Error and justly to be reproved, especially in Mer∣chants) which indeed doth seldom happen, yet the same cannot be a sufficient Excuse for the Party who hath accepted it, or any
legal warrant for him to refuse Payment thereof at the time, unto the Party whose Name is mended or interlin'd in the Bill, or unto his Order by his Assignment, if the Bill was so mended before it was accepted, and be made payable to him or his Assigns, for he could not chuse but take notice of the Error when he accepted the Bill, and ought to have satisfi'd himself therein be∣fore he accepted it: if he say, it hath been mended or interlin'd since he accepted it, he must prove that.