A Treatise on the Law of Bills of Exchange: Promissory Notes, Bank-notes and ChequesSweet & Maxwell, 1891 - 584 pages |
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... agent was authorised to raise upon them . The decision in the stolen securities case ( 57 L. J. Q. B. 601 ) flowed legitimately from the dictum of Lord Ellenborough in King v . Milsom , that a presumption both of bona fides and value ...
... agent was authorised to raise upon them . The decision in the stolen securities case ( 57 L. J. Q. B. 601 ) flowed legitimately from the dictum of Lord Ellenborough in King v . Milsom , that a presumption both of bona fides and value ...
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... Agent's Authority may be required How determined When it may be delegated . 42 Personal Liability of an Agent to Third Persons . Parol Evidence inadmissible to discharge Agent . Signature without Autho- rity Liability , how avoided ...
... Agent's Authority may be required How determined When it may be delegated . 42 Personal Liability of an Agent to Third Persons . Parol Evidence inadmissible to discharge Agent . Signature without Autho- rity Liability , how avoided ...
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... Agent 143 Gift of a Bill or Note 144 Nature of the Considera- 140 tion 145 • 141 141 " Pre - existing Debt Fluctuating Balance Debt of a Third Person A Judgment Debt Compromise of a Claim 145 146 146 . 147 . • 147 PAGE PAGE ...
... Agent 143 Gift of a Bill or Note 144 Nature of the Considera- 140 tion 145 • 141 141 " Pre - existing Debt Fluctuating Balance Debt of a Third Person A Judgment Debt Compromise of a Claim 145 146 146 . 147 . • 147 PAGE PAGE ...
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... Agent of a Foreign Principal Warranty of Genuineness . 185 No liability to subsequent Transferee Effect of Fraud Rights of Transferee by Delivery Former effect of Negligence in the Transferee Present effect of Negligence or Fraud Title ...
... Agent of a Foreign Principal Warranty of Genuineness . 185 No liability to subsequent Transferee Effect of Fraud Rights of Transferee by Delivery Former effect of Negligence in the Transferee Present effect of Negligence or Fraud Title ...
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... Agent 233 By Post 223 • By a Pledge 233 Direction of the Letter 224 TO WHOM Special Messenger Evidence of Notice by Post . 224 How to be sent in case of 225 Foreign Bill . 225 · AT WHAT PLACE WHEN TO BE GIVEN If Parties live in ...
... Agent 233 By Post 223 • By a Pledge 233 Direction of the Letter 224 TO WHOM Special Messenger Evidence of Notice by Post . 224 How to be sent in case of 225 Foreign Bill . 225 · AT WHAT PLACE WHEN TO BE GIVEN If Parties live in ...
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Common terms and phrases
acceptance acceptor accommodation bill action agent agreement amount authority bank notes Bank of England banker bankrupt Bayley bill drawn bill of exchange bill or note bills and notes Bing Byles on Bills Camp Chan CHAPTER cheque choses in action Code common law consideration Court creditor Davis debt debtor defendant delivery discharge Dowl drawer due course duty East entitled equity evidence Exch executor firm fraud given held holder in due honour Ibid indorsement instrument issue joint Jones law merchant liable Lord Ellenborough maker ment Moore negotiable negotiable instruments note payable notice of dishonour paid partner partnership party payable on demand payable to bearer payee person plaintiff pleading principal promise to pay promissory note received recover Scott sect set-off signature Smith stamp Stark statute Stra surety Taunt tion transfer unless void words
Popular passages
Page 525 - A bill of exchange is an unconditional order in writing, addressed by one person to another, signed by the person giving it, requiring the person to whom it is addressed to pay on demand, or at a fixed or determinable future time, a sum certain in money to, or to the order of a specified person, or to bearer.
Page 505 - That at the time it was negotiated to him he had no notice of any infirmity in the instrument or defect in the title of the person negotiating it.
Page 77 - Parliament, and that it shall not be lawful for any body politic or corporate whatsoever created or to be created, or for any other persons whatsoever united or to be united in covenants or partnership exceeding the number of six persons in that part of Great Britain called England, to borrow, owe, or take up any sum or sums of money on their bills or notes payable on demand or at any less time than six months from the borrowing thereof...
Page 510 - Where the instrument is not payable on demand, presentment must be made on the day it falls due. Where it is payable on demand, presentment must be made within a reasonable time after its issue, except that in the case of a bill of exchange, presentment for payment will be sufficient if made within a reasonable time after the last negotiation thereof.
Page 290 - Payment is made in due course when it is made at or after the maturity of the instrument to the holder thereof in good faith and without notice that his title is defective.
Page 512 - A written notice need not be signed, and an insufficient written notice may be supplemented and validated by verbal communication. A misdescription of the instrument does not vitiate the notice unless the party to whom the notice is given is in fact misled thereby.
Page 508 - Where the bill is drawn payable elsewhere than at the residence or place of business of the drawee.
Page 509 - Where a bill is addressed to two or more drawees who are not partners, presentment must be made to them all, unless one has authority to accept or refuse acceptance for all, in which case presentment may be made to him only ; 2.
Page 500 - Notice of dishonor is not required to be given to an indorser in either of the following cases : 1. Where the drawee is a fictitious person or a person not having capacity to contract, and the indorser was aware of the fact at the time he indorsed the instrument; 2.
Page 501 - Where the sum payable is expressed in words and also in figures and there is a discrepancy between the two, the sum denoted by the words is the sum payable; but if the words are ambiguous or uncertain, reference may be had to the figures to fix the amount; 2.