As applied to notes, bonds, and other written instruments, this termmeans that they are truly what they purport to be, and that they are not false, forged,fictitious, simulated, spurious, or counterfeit . Baldwin v. Van Deusen, 37 N. Y. 492;Smelt- zer v. White, 92 U. S. 392, 23 L. Ed. 508; Dow v. Spenny, 29 Mo. 390; Cox v.Northwestern Stage Co., 1 Idaho, 379.
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