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CONSIDERATION,

in money, in whole or part, necessary to contract of sale, 2, 5.
other contracts distinguished on this ground, 5.

consideration under sect. 4 one of the material terms of contract, 46.
in contract for sale of specific goods which have perished, there is a
want of, 58.

promise" going to" the whole, is a condition, 71, 72.

receipt of part of, turns condition into warranty, 73, 74.

a warranty after sale requires a new, 108.

title acquired for valuable, when not affected by writ of execution
against seller, 171.

sub-buyer, &c., receiving document of title must give valuable, to
divest seller's lien or other right, 255, 261.

price recoverable when the, therefor has failed, 68, 74, 75, 86, 293, 294.
but not recoverable merely because thing delivered worthless to
buyer, 294.

must wholly fail, but there may be a total failure of part of, 294.
money paid in a mistake of fact, 294.

to justify repudiation of contract, misrepresentation or mistake of
fact must constitute a total failure of, 306.

CONSIGNATION, in Scotland, 303.

CONSIGNOR, when in the position of an "unpaid seller," 212.

CONSTRUCTION OF CONTRACT,

whether agreement a sale or an agreement to sell depends on, 7.
whether stipulations as to time are vital, 64—66.

whether stipulation is a condition or warranty depends on, 70-72.
may show that express condition superadded to implied, 100, 101.
whether a warranty was intended or not depends on, 109.

rules for ascertaining intention as to transfer of property are rules of
the, 117, 137.

whether seller to send, or buyer to take goods, depends on, 181.

a question of the, whether breaches of instalment contracts are vital,
194.

CONTINGENCY,

parol evidence admissible to show that memorandum under sect. 4
depends on a, 48.

acquisition of goods by seller may depend on, 54, 55.

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sale of goods to arrive" depends on double, 55, 56.

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contracts from which it is distinguished on the ground of transfer of
property, &c., 2, 3, 5.

name and motive of contract immaterial if intention to sell, 4, 5.

Form of Contract,

how made generally, or under special statute, 18.

wholly or partly in writing, 19.

inclusion by implication of trade usages, &c., 19.

implied from conduct of parties, 19, 191, 194.

quasi contracts. See Quasi Contracts.

illustrations of the formalities of the contract, 20, 21.

CONTRACT OF SALE-continued.

Of the Value of £10,

such contracts unenforceable under sect. 4, without note or
memorandum signed by party to be charged or his agent, 21.
See Note or Memorandum; Signature.

or acceptance and actual receipt, 21. See Acceptance; Actual
Receipt.

or earnest or part payment, 21. See Earnest or Part Payment.
rule applies to agreements to sell as well as sales, 21, 23.

one or other of above requirements must be satisfied before
action, 22.

distinction between memorandum and other requisites of
sect. 4...23.

what are contracts "of the value of £10," 27, 28.

meaning of "not enforceable by action," 28, 29.
this is a rule of procedure, 29.

what other remedies remain, 29, 30.

rights against third persons, semble, not affected by changed
wording of Act, 30.

Subject-matter,

of contract of sale, 53.

existing and future goods, 53, 54.

no wager must be involved, 54, 55.

acquisition of future goods by seller may depend on contingency,

55.

sale of a chance distinguished, 55.

sale of goods" to arrive," 55.

no warranty of arrival here, but a double contingency, 55, 56.
condition of declaration of name of vessel, 56.

a present sale of future goods equivalent to agreement to sell,
54, 56.

difference between things having, or not, a potential existence
at common law, 56, 57.

difference between rules of law and equity as to present sales of
future goods, 57.

passing of property in both classes, 57, 58.

qy. whether potential existence of future goods would now be
recognised? 58

contract of sale of specific goods which have perished, void, 58.

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'specific goods" defined, 58, 314.

contract for sale of specific goods which afterwards perish, when
avoided, 59.

Price. See Price; Performance.

Conditions and Warranties. See Condition and Warranty.

Transfer of Property,

rules as to the transfer of the property, 110 et seq.

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'property" defined, 111, 313.

goods must be ascertained, 110, 111.

ascertainment a condition precedent to sale under sect. 1 (4)...111.
"ascertainment" may mean unconditional appropriation, 111,
112, 130.

or, as before the Act, final appropriation, 112.

distinction between contract for chattel to be manufactured, and
for specific incomplete chattel, 112.

ascertainment of an entire quantity of goods to be supplied as a
cargo, 112.

illustrations of the transfer of the property in unascertained
goods, 113.

CONTRACT OF SALE-continued.

Transfer of Property-continued.

property in specific or ascertained goods passes according to
intention, 113.

rules for ascertaining intention, 113, 116.

Mr. Benjamin's third rule, viz., fulfilment by buyer of condition,
114, 115.

probable meaning of "specific or ascertained," 115.

illustrations of the transfer of the property in specific goods, 116.
statutory rules for ascertaining intention as to transfer of pro-
perty, 117-136.

subject-matter, specific goods in deliverable state, 117, 118.
payment and delivery postponed, 117, 118.

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specific goods" defined, 118, 314.

"deliverable state" defined, 118, 315.

illustration, 119.

Lord Blackburn's first rule as to specific goods to be put by
seller in deliverable state, 119, 120.

notice to the buyer of such state, new, 119, 120, 122.

transfer of property by agreement in specific goods not in deliver-
able state, 120, 121.

decisions on this point classified with their salient facts, 121, 122.
transfer of property in materials of incomplete chattel, 122.
illustrations of transfer of property in specific goods to be put in
deliverable state, 122, 123.

Lord Blackburn's second rule as to specific deliverable goods to
be measured, &c., by seller to ascertain price, 124.

notice to buyer of facts, new, 124.

illustrations of specific goods to be measured, &c., 124, 125.

Delivery on Approval, &c.,

goods delivered on sale or return, approval, &c., 125, 126.

the same condition here binds the contract and passes the pro-
perty, 126.

difference between "sale and return," and agency, 126.

property passes by approval or acceptance or unreasonable re-
tainer by buyer, 125, 126.

facts from which approval will be implied, 126.

reasonableness of trial of goods a question of fact, 127.
under what circumstances retainer must take place, 127.
effect of return being impossible without fault of buyer, 127.
principle of Taylor v. Caldwell applies to the right of return, 128.
effect on remedy for breach of warranty of a failure to return,

128.

reasonable time for return is a question of fact, 125, 128, 298.
is dated from receipt, 128.

goods delivered "on approval," &c., within "order and disposi-
tion," 128.

bailee probably a person who had "agreed to buy" under
sect. 25 (2), 128.

illustrations of the delivery of goods on approval, &c., 129.

Appropriation,

transfer of property by appropriation of unascertained or future
goods, 129, 130.

mutual assent thereto, when and how given, 129, 130, 132, 133.
delivery to buyer, or carrier, prima facie a final appropriation,
129, 135.

appropriation under authority involves the determination of an
election, 131.

such determination a question of law, 131.

CONTRACT OF SALE-continued.
Appropriation-continued.

subsequent assent to an appropriation a question of fact, 131.
rules as to election, 131, 132.

authority to appropriate, when presumed, 132.

appropriation must be in accordance with contract, 129, 132, 135.
qy., effect of appropriation in aggregate to fulfil two contracts?
132, 133.

irregular appropriation, when revocable, 133.

appropriation must be unconditional, 129, 133.
illustrations of appropriation, 133, 134.

delivery to a carrier does not pass property unless sect. 4 satis-
fied, 134.

carrier may be named by buyer, 129, 135.

if specified, delivery must be to him, 135.

effect of agreement by seller to deliver at destination, 135.

seller may reserve right of disposal, and retain property, 135,

136.

illustrations of appropriation by delivery to carrier, 135, 136.
effect of seller's reservation of the right of disposal, 136.

right applies both to specific and to subsequently appropriated
goods, 136, 137.

various ways in which it may be reserved, 137.

how such right prima facie reserved in shipment, 136, 138, 139.
seller's intention a question of fact, 139.

bill of lading sent direct to buyer, 139.

effect of transmission to buyer of bill of lading and bill of ex-
change together, 136, 140.

qy., is the previous law on this point changed? 140-142.

illustrations of the reservation of the right of disposal, 142, 143.

duties of parties in performance. See Performance.

rights of unpaid seller against goods. See Unpaid Seller.

breach of contract. See Action.

contract rescinded by seller's exercise of express power of sale,
268, 269.

interpretation of contract by usage, &c. See Right, Duty, and
Liability.

at auction. See Auction and Auctioneer.

provisions of Act with regard to contracts of sale do not apply to
pledge, mortgage, &c., 308, 309.

Risk of Goods. See Risk.

Title to Goods. See Title.

CONVERSION,

carrier, after valid stoppage, failing to re-deliver goods, guilty of, 254.
buyer not in default may sue for, when seller resells, 265, 266, 270,
284.

judgment for, of goods and satisfaction a quasi-contract of sale, 20.

CONVICT, incompetent to contract, 9.

CONVICTION,

by, of thief, property in goods stolen revests, when, 156.
effect of, for acts not amounting to larceny, 156, 158.

CORPORATION, formalities of contracts by, preserved, 18, 20.

COSTS, of buyer's reasonable defence against sub-buyer, when recoverable
from seller, 293.

COUNTERCLAIM,

instead of cross action, 288.
included in "action," 310.
judicially defined, 287 (g).

COURSE OF DEALING,

may modify implied rights, 295, 296.

may determine price, 61.

or quantity of goods deliverable, 188, 192.

mere, cannot make a document one of title, 257, 259.

COURT,

time of delivery, when fixed in writing, for the, 182.
reasonableness of hour of delivery no longer for, 187.

when a question for, whether representation amounts to warranty or
condition, 72.

sale under order of, good, 148, 150.

whether goods are prima facie necessary, for, 16.

whether acts show a final appropriation of goods, for the, 131.

sale of perishable goods by order of, 267.

CREDIT,

when buyer entitled to, for payment, 175, 176, 271, 272.

when given, buyer entitled to immediate possession of goods, 176.

effect of bill or note on, 175, 176.

seller's right under agreement to sell of withholding delivery in spite

of, given, 218.

when sale without stipulation as to, seller has lien, 219.

or when, expired, 219.

sale on, a waiver of lien, 220, 232.

on insolvency, in spite of, lien revives, 220, 221.

trade usage modifying terms of, 221.

no action for price till termination of, 271.

CROWN,

when not bound by delivery of writ to sheriff, 171.

not bound by a sale in market overt, 150.

CUSTODIER. See Bailee.

CUSTOM. See Trade Usage.

CUSTOMS DUTIES, changed since contract, may modify price of goods, 61.

DAMAGES,

either party preventing valuation, liable in, 62, 64.

seller liable in, for loss or damage caused by defective delivery to
carrier, 198, 201.

buyer's liability for default in taking delivery, 208.

liability of seller after a re-sale, 265.

right of buyer to, for conversion of goods, 270.

liability of buyer after a re-sale by seller under express power,
268, 269.

liability of parties for non-delivery, non-acceptance, breach of
warranty, 273 et seq. See Action.

plaintiff's duty to mitigate, if possible, 276, 281.

special, rule as to, 290 et seq.

DATE, of bill of lading, may be a condition, 67.

"DAYS," meaning of, with regard to time of delivery, 183.

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