 | Commerce - 1842 - 586 pages
...principal ; and in the latter case it must be given at such a time, and under such circumstances, as that the principal, by the exercise of reasonable diligence, may communicate it to his servant in time to prevent the delivery of the goods to the consignee. Held, therefore, secondly, that in the... | |
 | Freeman Hunt - Commerce - 1842 - 612 pages
...principal ; and in the latter case it qpst be given at such a time, and under such circumstances, as that the principal, by the exercise of reasonable diligence, may communicate it to his servant in time to prevent the delivery of the goods to the consignee. Held, therefore, secondly, that in the... | |
 | William Selwyn - Nisi prius - 1845 - 878 pages
...principal, whose servant has the custody, it must be given, as it was in .Lilt v. Cowiey, at such a time and under such circumstances, that the principal...reasonable diligence, may communicate it to his servant in time to prevent the delivery to the consignee (t). Although goods have been delivered at the packers... | |
 | Colin Blackburn Baron Blackburn - Contracts - 1845 - 374 pages
...the custody, it must be " given as it was in the case of Lett v. Cowley (7 Taunt. " 169), at such a time, and under such circumstances, " that the principal, by the exercise of reasonable dili" gence, may communicate it to his servant in time to " prevent the delivery to the consignee ;... | |
 | Charles Greenstreet Addison - Contracts - 1847 - 988 pages
...the goods ; or, if given to the principal, whose servant has the custody, it must be given at such a time and under such circumstances, that the principal,...reasonable diligence, may communicate it to his servant in time to prevent a delivery to the consignee. Notice to a principal at a distance is insufficient... | |
 | Solomon Atkinson - Contracts - 1853 - 562 pages
...whose servant has the custody, it must be given, as it was in the case of Litt v. Cowley (&), at such a time, and under such circumstances, that the principal,...reasonable diligence, may communicate it to his servant in time to prevent the delivery to the consignee ; and to hold that a notice to a principal at a distance... | |
 | George Ross - Commercial law - 1855 - 956 pages
...goods, or if given to the principal, whose servant has the custody of them, it must be given at such a time and under such circumstances that the principal,...of reasonable diligence, may communicate it to his servants in time to prevent the delivery to the vendee, 280. TRANSITUS. 1. Where a vendee is in the... | |
 | South Australia - Law - 1896 - 230 pages
...possession the goods are. Such notice may be given either to the person in actual possession of the goods or to his principal. In the latter case the notice,...given by the seller to the carrier, or other bailee, or custodier in possession of the goods, he must re-deliver the goods to, or according to the directions... | |
 | Owen Davies Tudor - Commercial law - 1860 - 934 pages
...has the custody, it must be given, as it was in the case of Litt v. Cowley (7 Taunt. 169), at such a time and under such circumstances, that the principal...reasonable diligence may communicate it to his servant in time to prevent the delivery to the consignee ; and to hold that a notice to a principal at a distance... | |
 | William Selwyn - Nisi prius - 1861 - 874 pages
...principal, whose servant has the custody, it must be given, as it was in Lilt v. Cowley (k), at such a time and under such circumstances, that the principal,...reasonable diligence, may communicate it to his servant in time to prevent the delivery to the consignee (i). Although goods have been delivered at the packers... | |
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... in whose possession the goods are. Such notice may be given either to the person in actual possession of the goods or to his principal. In the latter case the notice, to be effectual, must be given at such time and under such circumstances that the... 
