A Treatise on the Law of Bills of Exchange: Promissory Notes, Bank-notes and ChequesSweet & Maxwell, 1891 - 584 pages |
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... Reasonable time within which to present a bill on demand , so as to charge the drawer or indorsers , is declared to be a mixed question of law and fact ; but unreasonable time , after which an innocent transferee of such an instrument ...
... Reasonable time within which to present a bill on demand , so as to charge the drawer or indorsers , is declared to be a mixed question of law and fact ; but unreasonable time , after which an innocent transferee of such an instrument ...
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... reasonable expectation of Bill being honoured . 243 As regards Indorser when excused Ignorance of Party's resi- Death , Bankruptcy or In- solvency will not excuse Insufficient Stamp Note not negotiable • CONSEQUENCES OF NEG- LECT , HOW ...
... reasonable expectation of Bill being honoured . 243 As regards Indorser when excused Ignorance of Party's resi- Death , Bankruptcy or In- solvency will not excuse Insufficient Stamp Note not negotiable • CONSEQUENCES OF NEG- LECT , HOW ...
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... reasonable time after the indorsement , if the note be payable on demand ( x ) . The rule as to overdue instruments is not so strict in the case of a note payable on demand , as in the case of bills of exchange and cheques ; when a note ...
... reasonable time after the indorsement , if the note be payable on demand ( x ) . The rule as to overdue instruments is not so strict in the case of a note payable on demand , as in the case of bills of exchange and cheques ; when a note ...
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... reasonable time after he has received the money , to pay his customer's cheques , and is liable to an action at the suit of the customer if he do not ( g ) . For there is an impiled contract between the banker and the customer , that ...
... reasonable time after he has received the money , to pay his customer's cheques , and is liable to an action at the suit of the customer if he do not ( g ) . For there is an impiled contract between the banker and the customer , that ...
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... reasonable time after they should have received such money , would pay his cheques ; and there having been a breach of such contract , the plaintiff is entitled to recover damages . " How deter- mined . Death of drawer . Time of pre ...
... reasonable time after they should have received such money , would pay his cheques ; and there having been a breach of such contract , the plaintiff is entitled to recover damages . " How deter- mined . Death of drawer . Time of pre ...
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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.