The Law of Contracts, Volume 2Baker, Voorhis & Company, 1920 - Contracts |
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... tract is made ...... 1249 Retention of a dishonest employee excuses from further liability a surety for his fidelity ... 1250 The surety's right to set off a claim of the principal against the creditor ... 1251 Termination of surety's ...
... tract is made ...... 1249 Retention of a dishonest employee excuses from further liability a surety for his fidelity ... 1250 The surety's right to set off a claim of the principal against the creditor ... 1251 Termination of surety's ...
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... tracts of the class here considered . In such informal contracts any code of signals which the parties may devise ... tract with Sadler , and no such qualifi- cation being mentioned in the plaintiff's letter the defendant had reason ...
... tracts of the class here considered . In such informal contracts any code of signals which the parties may devise ... tract with Sadler , and no such qualifi- cation being mentioned in the plaintiff's letter the defendant had reason ...
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... tract . It is the second requisite which is here in question . Is certainty of proof too much impaired by enforcing the con- tract according to a local standard , when , if the normal standard were applied , a different meaning would be ...
... tract . It is the second requisite which is here in question . Is certainty of proof too much impaired by enforcing the con- tract according to a local standard , when , if the normal standard were applied , a different meaning would be ...
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... tract wherein appellant sells and ap- pellee buys a certain quantity of hogs . " It is no part of the duty of courts to make contracts for parties , and we are aware of no manner in which these instruments can be held to be a con- tract ...
... tract wherein appellant sells and ap- pellee buys a certain quantity of hogs . " It is no part of the duty of courts to make contracts for parties , and we are aware of no manner in which these instruments can be held to be a con- tract ...
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... tract to mean that which the parties to it meant ; but will give it the construc- tion which will bring it as near to the actual meaning of the parties as the words they saw fit to employ , when properly construed , and the rules of law ...
... tract to mean that which the parties to it meant ; but will give it the construc- tion which will bring it as near to the actual meaning of the parties as the words they saw fit to employ , when properly construed , and the rules of law ...
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acceptance accord and satisfaction action agreed agreement applied assent Bank bargain bilateral contract breach of condition buyer circumstances cited Clydebank condition precedent Conn consideration construction construed court courts of equity covenant decisions default defective defendant delivery dition effect election enforce equity estoppel excuse express fact failure forfeiture held implied infra instalment intention Iowa language liability liquidated damages Lumber Mass meaning ment Minn mutual N. J. Eq N. Y. App N. Y. Misc negotiable instrument obligation paid parol evidence parol evidence rule parties payment penalty performance plaintiff premium principle promisor promissory estoppel purchaser question reason recover refusal rule seller Singer Mfg Smith statute stipulation supra surrender tender tion tract usage waived waiver warranty words writing written contract
Popular passages
Page 1806 - Any affirmation of fact or any promise by the seller relating to the goods is an express warranty if the natural tendency of such affirmation or promise is to induce the buyer to purchase the goods, and if the buyer purchases the goods relying thereon. No affirmation of the value of the goods, nor any statement purporting to be a statement of the seller's opinion only shall be construed as a warranty.
Page 2048 - Negotiation Defeats Vendor's Lien. Where a negotiable receipt has been issued for goods, no seller's lien or right of stoppage in transitu...
Page 1785 - Unless otherwise agreed, delivery of the goods and payment of the price are concurrent conditions ; that is to say, the seller must be ready and willing to give possession of the goods...
Page 1170 - Hall, that in construing wills, and indeed statutes, and all written instruments, the grammatical and ordinary sense of the words is to be adhered to, unless that would lead to some absurdity or some repugnance or inconsistency with the rest of the instrument, in which case the grammatical and ordinary sense of the words may be modified, so as to avoid that absurdity and inconsistency, but no further.
Page 1822 - Subject to the provisions of this Act and of any statute in that behalf, there is no implied warranty or condition as to the quality or fitness for any particular purpose of goods supplied under a contract of sale...
Page 2043 - That if goods are delivered to a carrier by the owner or by a person whose act in conveying the title to them to a purchaser...
Page 1822 - ... (2.) Where the goods are bought by description from a seller who deals in goods of that description (whether he be the grower or manufacturer or not), there is an implied warranty that the goods shall be of merchantable quality.
Page 1344 - In the absence of express or implied agreement of the parties, acceptance of the goods by the buyer shall not discharge the seller from liability in damages or other legal remedy for breach of any promise or warranty in the contract to sell or the sale. But, if, after acceptance of the goods, the buyer fails to give notice to the seller of the breach of any promise or warranty within a reasonable time after the buyer knows, or ought to know of such breach, the seller shall not be liable therefor.
Page 2061 - An instrument which contains an order or promise to do any act in addition to the payment of money is not negotiable. But the negotiable character of an instrument otherwise negotiable is not affected by a provision which: (1) Authorizes the sale of collateral securities in case the instrument be not paid at maturity...
Page 1145 - When the terms of an agreement have been intended in a different sense by the different parties to it, that sense is to prevail against either party in which he supposed the other understood it...