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Page 483
... liable for the acts of his agents . 16. His liability beyond his own route . 1 See Chapter III , Sec . 3 , The Rights of Lienors . 483 . 17. He may limit his responsibility by special agreement : Modes of Absolute Ownership (Continued) ...
... liable for the acts of his agents . 16. His liability beyond his own route . 1 See Chapter III , Sec . 3 , The Rights of Lienors . 483 . 17. He may limit his responsibility by special agreement : Modes of Absolute Ownership (Continued) ...
Page 486
... liable only for the negligence of those whom he employed . 6. The same person may be a common carrier and also hold other offices or relations . He may be a warehouse- -man , a wharfinger , or a forwarding merchant . The peculiar ...
... liable only for the negligence of those whom he employed . 6. The same person may be a common carrier and also hold other offices or relations . He may be a warehouse- -man , a wharfinger , or a forwarding merchant . The peculiar ...
Page 487
... liable as a warehouseman only while they are thus stored . But , if he puts them into his store or office only for a short time , and for his own conve- nience , either at the beginning or the end of the transit , they are in his ...
... liable as a warehouseman only while they are thus stored . But , if he puts them into his store or office only for a short time , and for his own conve- nience , either at the beginning or the end of the transit , they are in his ...
Page 489
... liable to him . But the carrier may demand clear evidence of the claimant's title , and , if this be not satisfactory , he may demand security and indemnity . When the evidence or the indemnity MODES OF ABSOLUTE OWNERSHIP 489.
... liable to him . But the carrier may demand clear evidence of the claimant's title , and , if this be not satisfactory , he may demand security and indemnity . When the evidence or the indemnity MODES OF ABSOLUTE OWNERSHIP 489.
Page 490
... liable for not delivering them to him , unless his better title was very clear , or unless the carrier did not act in good faith or with proper discretion . If he delivers the goods to the claimant the proof by him of a good title is an ...
... liable for not delivering them to him , unless his better title was very clear , or unless the carrier did not act in good faith or with proper discretion . If he delivers the goods to the claimant the proof by him of a good title is an ...
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acceptance for honour acceptor accident agent agreement amount apply assigns authorised authority bank barratry bill of exchange bill of lading bind bottomry cargo caused certification certified check charter-party common carrier concerning consent consignee contract courts creditor debt debtor delay delivered delivery demurrage discharged drawer due course effect fire firm fraud freight money give notice given guaranty holder in due indorser injury instru instrument is payable insured interest lien loss maker master maturity ment negligence negotiable instrument non-payment notary notice of dishonour notified owner paid partner partnership passenger payable on demand payee perils post-office premium presented for acceptance presented for payment promise promissory note proper property insured protest purpose reasonable received recover regarded risk rule ship shipper signature signed specified statute stipulation sum certain surety transaction transfer unless usually vessel voyage warranty words
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Page 526 - 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 554 - That it is complete and regular upon its face. (2) That he became the holder of it before it was overdue, and without notice that it had been previously dishonored, if such was the fact. (3) That he took it in good faith and for value. (4) 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 509 - 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 521 - The indorsement must be an indorsement of the entire instrument. An indorsement, which purports to transfer to the indorsee a part only of the amount payable, or which purports to transfer the instrument to two or more indorsees severally, does not operate as a negotiation of the instrument. But where the instrument has been paid in part, it may be indorsed as to the residue.
Page 536 - Delay in Giving Notice — How Excused Delay in giving notice of dishonor is excused when the delay is caused by circumstances beyond the control of the holder, and not imputable to his default, misconduct, or negligence.
Page 546 - An accommodation party is one who has signed the instrument as maker, drawer, acceptor, or indorser without receiving value therefor, and for the purpose of lending his name to some other person. Such a person is liable on the instrument to a holder for value, notwithstanding such holder at the time of taking the instrument knew him to be only an accommodation party.
Page 561 - Notice of dishonor is not required to be given to the drawer in either of the following cases : 1. Where the drawer and drawee are the same person ; 2. Where the drawee is a fictitious person or a person not having capacity to contract ; 3. Where the drawer is the person to whom the instrument is presented for payment ; 4. Where the drawer has no right to expect or require that the drawee or acceptor will honor the instrument ; 5.
Page 555 - And, in addition, he engages that on due presentment, it shall be accepted or paid, or both, as the case may be, according to its tenor, and that if it be dishonored, and the necessary proceedings on dishonor be duly taken, he will pay the amount thereof to the holder, or to any subsequent indorser who may be compelled to pay it.
Page 534 - Where the holder of a bill drawn payable elsewhere than at the place of business or the residence of the drawee has not time with the exercise of reasonable diligence to present the bill for acceptance before presenting it for payment on the day that it falls due, the delay caused by presenting the bill for acceptance before presenting it for payment is excused, and does not discharge the drawers and indorsers.
Page 515 - Where the instrument is wanting in any material particular, the person in possession thereof has a prima facie authority to complete it by filling up the blanks therein. And a signature on a blank paper delivered by the person making the signature in order that the paper may be converted into a negotiable instrument operates as a prima Jade authority to fill it up as such for any amount.