The American and English Encyclopedia of Law, Volume 4James Cockcroft, David Shephard Garland, Lucius Polk McGehee, Charles Porterfield Edward Thompson Company, 1897 - Law |
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... court or jury as the original or primary evidence would have been . But where there is no substitution of evidence , but only a selection of weaker instead of stronger proofs , or an omission to supply all the proofs capable of being ...
... court or jury as the original or primary evidence would have been . But where there is no substitution of evidence , but only a selection of weaker instead of stronger proofs , or an omission to supply all the proofs capable of being ...
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... court of equity review their deci- sion , and reverse it if they find it to be wrong ? We think the court has no such power . " Leavitt v . Beirne , 21 Conn . II . Same - Think Best . ( See also THINK . ) — A clause in a deed of trust ...
... court of equity review their deci- sion , and reverse it if they find it to be wrong ? We think the court has no such power . " Leavitt v . Beirne , 21 Conn . II . Same - Think Best . ( See also THINK . ) — A clause in a deed of trust ...
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... court said : " A bet is a promise on the part of each of the betting parties to pay to the other party the amount of his bet if he loses . The promise may be contingent in its inception , but it be- comes absolute as soon as the bet is ...
... court said : " A bet is a promise on the part of each of the betting parties to pay to the other party the amount of his bet if he loses . The promise may be contingent in its inception , but it be- comes absolute as soon as the bet is ...
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... court said : " It is un- doubtedly true that the word between is not always used to denote an intermediate space of time or place . *** We speak of a battle between two armies , a combat , a controversy , or a suit at law between two or ...
... court said : " It is un- doubtedly true that the word between is not always used to denote an intermediate space of time or place . *** We speak of a battle between two armies , a combat , a controversy , or a suit at law between two or ...
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... court said : " The word between , where it occurs in the present agreement , does not possess any technical import . It must therefore be taken in the sense in which it is used in ordinary parlance ; and that being done , the intent ...
... court said : " The word between , where it occurs in the present agreement , does not possess any technical import . It must therefore be taken in the sense in which it is used in ordinary parlance ; and that being done , the intent ...
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acceptor action agent agreement Allen Mass amount authority Bank Barb bicycle bigamy bill of exchange bill or note Bills and Notes blank bona fide holder Branch Bank Campb Chitty on Bills chose in action Clark collateral Conn consideration contract court debt defendant delivery demand doctrine drawn Exch fact fraud Gratt Gray Mass held Hill N. Y. indorser infra instru Iowa law merchant liability maker marriage maturity ment Minn Negotiable Instruments negotiable paper nonnegotiable nonpayment notary note payable notice of dishonor Ohio St parol parol evidence parties payable on demand payee payment place of business plaintiff presentment presumption prima facie promise to accept promise to pay promissory note protest recover residence rule S. W. Rep Smith statute sufficient supra Tenn thereof tion transfer usury valid waiver Wend words
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Page 73 - A promissory note is defined as " 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, or to the order of, a specified person or to bearer
Page 119 - Notice of dishonor is not required to be given to an indorser in either of the following cases : 1. Where the drawee is a fictitious person or a person not having capacity to contract, and the indorser was aware of the fact at the time he indorsed the instrument; 2.
Page 273 - 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 375 - A bill must be protested at the place where it is dishonored, except that when a bill drawn payable at the place of business, or residence of some person other than the drawee, has been dishonored by non-acceptance, it must be protested for non-payment at the place where it is expressed to be payable, and no further presentment for payment to, or demand on, the drawee is necessary.
Page 227 - Upon a review of the cases which are reported, this court is of opinion that a letter written within a reasonable time before or after the date of a bill of exchange, describing it in terms not to be mistaken, and promising to accept it, is, if shown to the person who afterwards takes the bill on the credit of the letter, a virtual acceptance binding the person who makes the promise.
Page 200 - Where a qualified acceptance is taken, the drawer and indorsers are discharged from liability on the bill, unless they have expressly or impliedly authorized the holder to take a qualified acceptance, or subsequently assent thereto.
Page 338 - Where the bill is drawn payable elsewhere than at the residence or place of business of the drawee.
Page 306 - The transferee of overdue negotiable paper takes it liable to all the equities to which it was subject in the hands of the payee. But those equities must attach to the paper itself, and not arise *from any collateral transaction.
Page 232 - An unconditional promise in writing to accept a bill before it is drawn is deemed an actual acceptance in favor of every person who, upon the faith thereof, receives the bill for value.
Page 1 - It shall be lawful for one or more persons, acting on their own behalf or on behalf of a trade union or of an individual employer or firm in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute, to attend at or near a house or place where a person resides or works or carries on business or happens to be, if they so attend merely for the purpose of peacefully obtaining or communicating information, or of peacefully persuading any person to work or abstain from working.