A Selection of Leading Cases on Mercantile and Maritime Law: With NotesW. Maxwell and son, 1884 - 1220 pages |
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... delivered . And these questions must be taken as the facts stand upon the report ; that is , without any inquiry how the affairs of the . house stood as between Devaynes and his partners . The case of Wentworth v . Manning was one of a ...
... delivered . And these questions must be taken as the facts stand upon the report ; that is , without any inquiry how the affairs of the . house stood as between Devaynes and his partners . The case of Wentworth v . Manning was one of a ...
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... delivered to his wife dum sola , and to himself after coverture , made a payment without any specific appropriation : it was held the plaintiff might apply the money in discharge of the debt contracted by the wife dum sola . So a ...
... delivered to his wife dum sola , and to himself after coverture , made a payment without any specific appropriation : it was held the plaintiff might apply the money in discharge of the debt contracted by the wife dum sola . So a ...
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... delivered a bill contain- ing taxable items , and charges not taxable , and a general payment was made on account ... delivering a signed bill pursuant to the sta- tute . Although a company may have no power to borrow , nevertheless ...
... delivered a bill contain- ing taxable items , and charges not taxable , and a general payment was made on account ... delivering a signed bill pursuant to the sta- tute . Although a company may have no power to borrow , nevertheless ...
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... delivered up at the same time , will be held to be an appropriation to meet that particu- lar debt for which they were a security . Newmarch v . Clay , 14 East , 240 . The rule that where money is paid generally , without any appro ...
... delivered up at the same time , will be held to be an appropriation to meet that particu- lar debt for which they were a security . Newmarch v . Clay , 14 East , 240 . The rule that where money is paid generally , without any appro ...
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... this account he may have delivered himself with less perspicuity than is generally natural to him . But in the passage cited , the cargo is expressly included , as being under the power of the master ; and 42 THE GRATITUDINE .
... this account he may have delivered himself with less perspicuity than is generally natural to him . But in the passage cited , the cargo is expressly included , as being under the power of the master ; and 42 THE GRATITUDINE .
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Popular passages
Page 301 - But a holder who derives his title through a holder in due course, and who is not himself a party to any fraud or illegality affecting the instrument, has all the rights of such former holder in respect of all parties prior to the latter.
Page 300 - The title of a person who negotiates an instrument is defective within the meaning of this act when he obtained the instrument, or any signature thereto, by fraud, duress, or force and fear, or other unlawful means, or for an illegal consideration, or when he negotiates it in breach of faith, or under such circumstances as amount to a fraud.
Page 706 - All goods, being at the commencement of the bankruptcy in the possession, order, or disposition of the bankrupt, in his trade or business, by the consent and permission of the true owner, under such circumstances that he is the reputed owner thereof...
Page 538 - The advance of money by way of loan to a person engaged or about to engage in any business on a contract with that person that the lender shall receive a rate of interest varying with the profits...
Page 301 - Where a person takes a crossed cheque which bears on it the words ' not negotiable, ' he shall not have, and shall not be capable of giving, a better title to the cheque than that which the person from whom he took it had.
Page 539 - In the event of any such trader as aforesaid being adjudged a bankrupt, or taking the benefit of any Act for the relief of insolvent debtors...
Page 280 - ... behalf of the owner of the property, or his executor or administrator, and convicted thereof, in such case 'the property shall be restored to the owner or his representative ; and...
Page 659 - The duties of the holder with respect to presentment for acceptance or payment, and the necessity for or sufficiency of a protest or notice of dishonour, or otherwise, are determined by the law of the place where the act is done, or the bill is dishonoured.
Page 301 - ... fide taken or received by transfer or delivery, by some person or body corporate, for a just and valuable consideration, without any notice, or without any reasonable cause to suspect that the same had by any felony or misdemeanor been stolen, taken, obtained, extorted, embezzled, converted, or disposed of, in such case the court shall not award or order the restitution of such security...
Page 659 - Kingdom, it may, for the purpose of enforcing payment thereof, be treated as valid as between all persons who negotiate, hold, or become parties to it in the United Kingdom.