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... cause of action , which arises whenever a reasonable time has elapsed without any objection being made to it . Twenty - five days may be enough . An ACCOUNT STATED is a document a writing - which ex- hibits the state of account between ...
... cause of action , which arises whenever a reasonable time has elapsed without any objection being made to it . Twenty - five days may be enough . An ACCOUNT STATED is a document a writing - which ex- hibits the state of account between ...
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... cannot be held to have been the act of God . A fire which destroys a building is not an Act of God , unless caused by lightning or some other superhuman agency . Actions : See Adverse Possession ; Arrest ; Compromise ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 9.
... cannot be held to have been the act of God . A fire which destroys a building is not an Act of God , unless caused by lightning or some other superhuman agency . Actions : See Adverse Possession ; Arrest ; Compromise ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 9.
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... cause of action - with no legal conclusions , such as ( as required by law ; wrongfully , unlawful ; there is now due and ow- ing ; groundless , false , wilfully ; fraudulently , maliciously ; will suffer irreparable injury . ) Matters ...
... cause of action - with no legal conclusions , such as ( as required by law ; wrongfully , unlawful ; there is now due and ow- ing ; groundless , false , wilfully ; fraudulently , maliciously ; will suffer irreparable injury . ) Matters ...
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... cause of ac- tion exists against the defendant in respect to whom the service is to be made , or that he is a necessary or proper party to the action ; or when it appears by such affidavit , or by the complaint on file , that it is an ...
... cause of ac- tion exists against the defendant in respect to whom the service is to be made , or that he is a necessary or proper party to the action ; or when it appears by such affidavit , or by the complaint on file , that it is an ...
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... causes of action : ( 1 ) Out of the transaction set out in the plaintiff's complaint , or connected with the subject ... cause arising out of the transaction set out in the complaint , neither he nor his assignees can afterward maintain ...
... causes of action : ( 1 ) Out of the transaction set out in the plaintiff's complaint , or connected with the subject ... cause arising out of the transaction set out in the complaint , neither he nor his assignees can afterward maintain ...
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Page 279 - A negotiable promissory note within the meaning of this, act is an unconditional promise in writing made by one person to another signed by the maker engaging to pay on demand, or at a fixed or determined future time, a sum certain- in money to order, or to bearer.
Page 270 - 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 240 - An unqualified order or promise to pay is unconditional within the meaning of this act, though coupled with — 1. An indication of a particular fund out of which reimbursement is to be made, or a particular account to be debited with the amount; or 2. A statement of the transaction which gives rise to the instrument. But an order or promise to pay out of a particular fund is not unconditional.
Page 292 - A husband cannot be examined for or against his wife, without her consent, nor a wife for or against her husband, without his consent; nor can either, during the marriage or afterward, be, without the consent of the other, examined as to any communication made by one to the other during the marriage...
Page 258 - To constitute notice of an infirmity in the instrument or defect in the title of the person negotiating the same, the person to whom it is negotiated must have had actual knowledge of the infirmity or defect, or knowledge of such facts that his action in taking the instrument amounted to bad faith.
Page 62 - A mortgagee or pledgee, or other holder of a bill for security who in good faith demands or receives payment of the debt for which such bill is security, whether from a party to a draft drawn for such debt or from any other person, shall not be deemed by so doing to represent or to warrant the genuineness of such bill or the quantity or quality of the goods therein described.
Page 257 - 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 330 - An agreement for the leasing for a longer period than one year, or for the sale of real property, or of an interest therein; and such agreement, if made by an agent of the party sought to be charged...
Page 247 - In order, however, that any such instrument when completed may be enforced against any person who became a party thereto prior to its completion, it must be filled up strictly in accordance with the authority given and within a reasonable time. But if any such instrument, after completion, is negotiated to a holder in due course, it is valid and effectual for all purposes in his hands, and he may enforce it as if it had been filled up strictly in accordance with the authority given and within a reasonable...
Page 246 - The instrument is payable to bearer — 1. When it is expressed to be so payable; or 2. When it is payable to a person named therein or bearer; or 3. When it is payable to the order of a fictitious or nonexisting person, and such fact was known to the person making it so payable; or 4.