A Practical Treatise on the Law of Bankers; Cheques, Letters of Credit, and Drafts: Comprising the Statutes and Cases Relative Thereto : with Observations |
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... INSTRUMENTS OF EVIDENCE . .... 134 When a cheque is evidence of the payment of a debt 129 When not evidence of a loan When a cheque is not received as money , and is not cashed , it does not operate as evidence of payment 137 On the ...
... INSTRUMENTS OF EVIDENCE . .... 134 When a cheque is evidence of the payment of a debt 129 When not evidence of a loan When a cheque is not received as money , and is not cashed , it does not operate as evidence of payment 137 On the ...
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... is a peculiar sort of instrument in many respects resembling a bill of exchange , but in some entirely different . A cheque does not require acceptance . In the ordinary 1 ON THE FORM AND REQUISITES OF CHEQUES Definition PAGE.
... is a peculiar sort of instrument in many respects resembling a bill of exchange , but in some entirely different . A cheque does not require acceptance . In the ordinary 1 ON THE FORM AND REQUISITES OF CHEQUES Definition PAGE.
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... instrument of this kind , in which no period of payment is named , is that it is payable on demand , and therefore it is unnecessary so to express it . In America where there are no stamp laws , cheques are post - dated , or made ...
... instrument of this kind , in which no period of payment is named , is that it is payable on demand , and therefore it is unnecessary so to express it . In America where there are no stamp laws , cheques are post - dated , or made ...
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... instrument , it exactly resembled a bill of exchange , the bankers standing in the place of the drawers . Had it been a bill of exchange , the defendants were clearly entitled to notice , for they had some effects in the hands of Were ...
... instrument , it exactly resembled a bill of exchange , the bankers standing in the place of the drawers . Had it been a bill of exchange , the defendants were clearly entitled to notice , for they had some effects in the hands of Were ...
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... instruments , appears most extraordinary ; for this very instrument on which the action is brought shows the contrary . It was made payable to Dobson or bearer , and instead of being given to Dobson , to whom it was payable in the first ...
... instruments , appears most extraordinary ; for this very instrument on which the action is brought shows the contrary . It was made payable to Dobson or bearer , and instead of being given to Dobson , to whom it was payable in the first ...
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A Practical Treatise on the Law of Bankers; Cheques, Letters of Credit, and ... George John Shaw No preview available - 2014 |
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acceptance act of bankruptcy action afterwards agent altered appeared assignees Bank of England banker banker paying banking-house bankrupt Barnewall bill of exchange bonâ fide cash cheque in question cheque is crossed cheque or draft cheques drawn circumstances clerk contract Court creditor crossed cheques crossed specially debt defendant's defendants delivered donatio mortis causa drawer duty entitled to recover evidence fact favour forged forgery fraud fraudulent funds genuine gift inter vivos given hands held indorsed instrument issued Kilsby L. J. Ch letter of credit liable London Lord Lord Denman Lord Tenterden ment Messrs Miller negligence November obtained party pay the cheque payable to bearer payee paying a cheque Peter Pole plaintiff presented for payment promissory note proved Ramsbottom received recover back Robert Matson rule Ryder Sewell & Cross Shackell signature statutes sum of money Tenbruggenhate tender transaction trial trustees United Kingdom verdict Vict Wingham
Popular passages
Page 51 - Any contract which if made between private persons would be by law required to be in writing, and signed...
Page 56 - ... be acquired by or devolve upon her after marriage, including any wages, earnings, money, and property gained or acquired by her in any employment, trade, or occupation, in which she is engaged, or which she carries on separately from her husband, or by the exercise of any literary, artistic or scientific skill.
Page 121 - ... either in payment or as a security, or by purchase or otherwise, shall not be entitled to recover thereon, or to make the same available for any purpose whatever.
Page 42 - In case of any action founded upon a bill of exchange, or other negotiable instrument, it shall be lawful for the court or a judge to order that the loss of such instrument shall not be get up, provided an indemnity is given, to the satisfaction of the court or judge, or a master, against the claims of any other person upon such negotiable instrument.
Page 34 - ... under circumstances which ought to have excited the suspicion of a prudent and careful man.
Page 124 - ... a draft on any banker made payable to bearer or to order on demand bears across its face an addition, in written or stamped letters, of the name of any banker, or of the words 'and company...
Page 97 - But we are all of opinion that the holder of a bill is entitled to know on the day when it becomes due whether it is an honoured or dishonoured bill, and that, if he receive the money, and is suffered to retain it during the whole of that day, the parties who paid it cannot recover it back.