The Business Law of Wisconsin: With a Collection of Practical Forms for the Use of Business Men, Notaries Public, Justices of the Peace, Conveyancers, Mechanics, Farmers, and All who Have Business Transactions of Any Kind, Or who Wish to be Informed in Regard to the Laws Governing Common Transactions |
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... Bills of Exchange . What is a bill of exchange . Inland and foreign bills . Not an as- signment of funds . Referee in case of need . SECTION XIII . Acceptance . Acceptance defined . Manner and time of acceptance . Refusal or failure to ...
... Bills of Exchange . What is a bill of exchange . Inland and foreign bills . Not an as- signment of funds . Referee in case of need . SECTION XIII . Acceptance . Acceptance defined . Manner and time of acceptance . Refusal or failure to ...
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... Bills in a Set . Effect of negotiating different parts . Indorsement to different parties . Acceptance of a part . Liability of acceptor in paying part .... PAGE 311 SECTION XIX . Damage on Bills . Rate of damages within the state ...
... Bills in a Set . Effect of negotiating different parts . Indorsement to different parties . Acceptance of a part . Liability of acceptor in paying part .... PAGE 311 SECTION XIX . Damage on Bills . Rate of damages within the state ...
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... bill of attainder or ex post facto law ; nor tax any article exported from any state ; nor grant a title of nobility . No law can be passed respecting an establishment of religion , or prohibiting the free exercise thereof , or ...
... bill of attainder or ex post facto law ; nor tax any article exported from any state ; nor grant a title of nobility . No law can be passed respecting an establishment of religion , or prohibiting the free exercise thereof , or ...
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... Bill of attainder : As the term is used above it has been decided by the courts to include what is known as a bill of pains and penalties . A bill of attainder is a law whereby sentence of death is pronounced against a person without a ...
... Bill of attainder : As the term is used above it has been decided by the courts to include what is known as a bill of pains and penalties . A bill of attainder is a law whereby sentence of death is pronounced against a person without a ...
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... bill of attainder , or ex post facto law , nor law im- pairing the obligation of contracts , shall be passed , and private property cannot be taken for public use without com- pensation . No distinction shall be made by law between ...
... bill of attainder , or ex post facto law , nor law im- pairing the obligation of contracts , shall be passed , and private property cannot be taken for public use without com- pensation . No distinction shall be made by law between ...
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acceptance action agent agreed agreement amount assigns authority bailment bank bill bill of lading bind breach buyer carrier chattel mortgage claim common law condition consideration contract contract of sale conveyance corporation court of equity court says covenant creditors damages debt debtor deed delivered delivery discharge dollars duty easement entitled executed fact filed fraud given guarantor guaranty held hereby holder husband implied indorsement injury instrument interest land lease liable lien marriage ment mortgagor necessary negligence negotiable negotiable instrument notary public notice officers owner paid partner partnership party payable payment performance personal property plaintiff possession premises principal purchase purpose real estate reasonable received recover register of deeds rendered seal sell seller statute statute of frauds stockholders tenant term thereof third person tion transaction transfer unless usurious valid void warranty wife Wiscon Wisconsin
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Page 710 - Be it therefore enacted, that whensoever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such as would (if death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof...
Page 671 - The trustee of the estate of a bankrupt, upon his appointment and qualification, and his successor or successors, if he shall have one or more, upon his or their appointment and qualification, shall in turn be vested by operation of law with the title of the bankrupt, as of the date he was adjudged a bankrupt, except in so far as it is to property which is exempt...
Page 126 - Every contract for the leasing for a longer period than one year, .or for the sale of any lands or any interest in lands, shall be void, unless the contract, or some note or memorandum thereof, expressing the consideration, be in writing, and be subscribed by the party by whom the lease or sale is to be made.
Page 282 - An instrument is negotiated when it is transferred from one person to another in such manner as to constitute the transferee the holder thereof. If payable to bearer it is negotiated by delivery ; if payable to order it is negotiated by the indorsement of the holder completed by delivery.
Page 291 - 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.
Page 276 - 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 authoritjgiven and within a reasonable...
Page 429 - ... fire, than the amount hereby insured shall bear to the whole insurance, whether valid or not, or by solvent or insolvent insurers, covering such property...
Page 290 - Every holder is deemed prima facie to be a holder in due course; but when it is shown that the title of any person who has negotiated the instrument was defective, the burden is on the holder to prove that he or some person under whom he claims acquired the title as a holder in due course.
Page 269 - An instrument to be negotiable must conform to the following requirements : — 1. It must be in writing and signed by the maker or drawer ; 2. Must contain an unconditional promise or order to pay a sum certain in money ; 3. Must be payable on demand, or at a fixed or determinable future time; 4. Must be payable to order or to bearer ; and, 5. Where the instrument is addressed to a drawee, he must be named or otherwise indicated therein with reasonable certainty.
Page 277 - 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.