Proceedings of the ... Annual Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, Volume 17Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, 1907 - Uniform state laws |
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... secure from the legislature of their state an appropriation toward defraying the annual expenses of the National Conference of Commissioners . Sec . 5. It shall be the duty of the Commissioners from each State to file with the President ...
... secure from the legislature of their state an appropriation toward defraying the annual expenses of the National Conference of Commissioners . Sec . 5. It shall be the duty of the Commissioners from each State to file with the President ...
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... secure the attendance at each Annual Conference of the Commissioners from the states represented in the Confer- ence ; to communicate with the Chairman of each standing com- mittee and each special committee at least thirty days before ...
... secure the attendance at each Annual Conference of the Commissioners from the states represented in the Confer- ence ; to communicate with the Chairman of each standing com- mittee and each special committee at least thirty days before ...
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... secure the adoption of the Negotiable Instruments Law and such other laws as may be recommended by this Conference , in Alaska , the Indian Territory and the Insular Possessions of the United States , and to secure the appointment from ...
... secure the adoption of the Negotiable Instruments Law and such other laws as may be recommended by this Conference , in Alaska , the Indian Territory and the Insular Possessions of the United States , and to secure the appointment from ...
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... secure an appropriation from his state legisla- ture to continue the important work in which the Conference is engaged . After considerable discussion of this important matter , it was left in the hands of the Executive Committee . Upon ...
... secure an appropriation from his state legisla- ture to continue the important work in which the Conference is engaged . After considerable discussion of this important matter , it was left in the hands of the Executive Committee . Upon ...
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... secure a decided advance in the direction of a reformation of the American laws relating to the vital question of marriage and divorce . " At least two states , Delaware and New Jersey , have adopted this Uniform Divorce Law . The ...
... secure a decided advance in the direction of a reformation of the American laws relating to the vital question of marriage and divorce . " At least two states , Delaware and New Jersey , have adopted this Uniform Divorce Law . The ...
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action adopted American Bar Association annual address annulment of marriage appointed August 22 bank Bills of Lading births and deaths cause Census Chairman Charles Thaddeus Terry Commercial Law Commis commission Commissioners on Uniform Committee on Commercial Conference of Commissioners copies court decisions defendant draft drawer due course enacted Executive Committee ference follows these Minutes Francis Governor held holder in due indorsed James Barr Ames John Garland Pollard Lading Act legislature liable maker Marriage and Divorce meeting Meldrim ment N. Y. Supp National Conference Negotiable Instruments Act Negotiable Instruments Law North Dakota November 13 party payable payee payment Penal Statistics plaintiff Portland printed promissory note provides recommended resolution Richberg Russell Sales Act Secretary SECTION session Seventeenth Annual Conference shippers Staake submitted Talcott H territories thereof tion Torrens System uniform law Uniform State Laws W. O. Hart Walter George Smith Warehouse Receipts Act William H York
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Page 59 - 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 determinable future time, a sum certain in money to order or to bearer. Where a note is drawn to the maker's own order, it is not complete until indorsed by him.
Page 52 - 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 40 - Judge at the trial was not asked to leave to them, unless in the opinion of the Court to which the application is made some substantial wrong or miscarriage has been thereby occasioned in the trial...
Page 39 - That no judgment shall be set aside or reversed or new trial granted by any court of the United States in any case, civil or criminal, on the ground of misdirection of the jury or the improper admission or rejection of evidence, or for error as to any matter of pleading or procedure, unless, in the opinion of the court to which application is made, after an examination of the entire cause, it shall appear that the error complained of has injuriously affected the substantial rights of the parties.
Page 39 - No judgment shall be set aside, or new trial granted, in any case, on the ground of misdirection of the jury, or of the improper admission or rejection of evidence, or for any error as to any matter of pleading, or for any error as to any matter of procedure unless, after an examination of the entire cause, including the evidence...
Page 87 - 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 11 - A motion to adjourn shall always be in order; that and the motion to lay on the table shall be decided without debate.
Page 86 - But where the instrument is in the hands of a holder in due course, a valid delivery thereof by all parties prior to him so as to make them liable to him is conclusively presumed. And where the instrument is no longer in the possession of a party whose signature appears thereon, a valid and intentional delivery by him is presumed until the contrary is proved.
Page 127 - ... a. When, at the time the cause of action arose, either party was a bona fide resident of this state, and has continued so to be down to the time of the commencement of the action; except that no action for absolute divorce shall be commenced for any cause other than adultery or bigamy, unless one of the parties has been for the two years next preceding the commencement of the action a bona fide resident of this state.
Page 55 - A person placing his signature upon an instrument otherwise than as maker, drawer or acceptor is deemed to be an indorser, unless he clearly indicates by appropriate words his intention to be bound in some other capacity.