California Jurisprudence: A Complete Statement of the Law and Practice of the State of California, Volume 19Bancroft-Whitney, 1925 - Law |
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... CONTRACT . 499 . Construction of Contract . 500. Provisions Increasing Cost of Work . 501. Delegation of Authority . 502. Use of Patented Materials . 503. Assignment of Contract . ASSESSMENT . 504. Definition . 505 . Distinction Between ...
... CONTRACT . 499 . Construction of Contract . 500. Provisions Increasing Cost of Work . 501. Delegation of Authority . 502. Use of Patented Materials . 503. Assignment of Contract . ASSESSMENT . 504. Definition . 505 . Distinction Between ...
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... CONTRACT . 599. Time of Execution . 600. Description of Work - Amount . 601. Inclusion of Different Streets or Work - Separate Contracts . 602. Provisions as to Labor and Materials . 603. Provisions for Superintendence . 604. Provisions ...
... CONTRACT . 599. Time of Execution . 600. Description of Work - Amount . 601. Inclusion of Different Streets or Work - Separate Contracts . 602. Provisions as to Labor and Materials . 603. Provisions for Superintendence . 604. Provisions ...
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... Contract . Contract . 701. Bond for Labor and Materials . 702. Protesting Erroneous Proceedings . 703 : Performance of Contract - Acceptance of Work . 704. Mode of Assessment . 705 . 706 . Assessment . Record - Demand and Return . 707 ...
... Contract . Contract . 701. Bond for Labor and Materials . 702. Protesting Erroneous Proceedings . 703 : Performance of Contract - Acceptance of Work . 704. Mode of Assessment . 705 . 706 . Assessment . Record - Demand and Return . 707 ...
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... contract with a citizen whereby he , for proper consideration , should agree to pave all or a part of any named street at his own expense ; but by entering into such a contract , a city does not abandon its control over the street and ...
... contract with a citizen whereby he , for proper consideration , should agree to pave all or a part of any named street at his own expense ; but by entering into such a contract , a city does not abandon its control over the street and ...
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... contract which provides for the grading of one - half of a street , without specifying which half , is too uncertain and indefinite to be admissible in evidence under a complaint counting upon a contract to grade a specified half of a ...
... contract which provides for the grading of one - half of a street , without specifying which half , is too uncertain and indefinite to be admissible in evidence under a complaint counting upon a contract to grade a specified half of a ...
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Page 843 - An instrument is negotiated when it is transferred from one person to another in such manner as to constitute the transferee the holder thereof. If payable to bearer it is negotiated by delivery ; if payable to order it is negotiated by the indorsement of the holder completed by delivery.
Page 935 - The acceptance of a bill is the signification by the drawee of his assent to the order of the drawer. The acceptance must be in writing and signed by the drawee. It must not express that the drawee will perform his promise by any other means than the payment of money.
Page 546 - Negligence,' has been defined to be 'the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided by those considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do, or doing something, which a prudent and reasonable man would not do.
Page 899 - Where the instrument is payable at a fixed period after date, after sight, or after the happening of a specified event, the time of payment is determined by excluding the day from which the time is to begin to run, and by including the date of payment.
Page 152 - There must be reasonable evidence of negligence. But where the thing is shown to be under the management of the defendant or his servants, and the accident is such as in the ordinary course of things does not happen if those who have the management use proper care, it affords reasonable evidence, in the absence of explanation by the defendants, that the accident arose from want of care.
Page 819 - No person is liable on the instrument whose signature does not appear thereon, except as herein otherwise expressly provided. But one who signs in a trade or assumed name will be liable to the same extent as if he had signed in his own name.
Page 899 - When the day of maturity falls upon Sunday, or a holiday, the instrument is payable on the next succeeding business day. Instruments falling due on Saturday are to be presented for payment on the next succeeding business day, except that instruments payable on demand may, at the option of the holder, be presented for payment before 12 :00 o'clock noon on Saturday when that entire day is not a holiday.
Page 873 - The acceptor by accepting the instrument engages that he will pay it according to the tenor of his acceptance; and admits: 1. The existence of the drawer, the genuineness of his signature, and his capacity and authority to draw the instrument; and 2. The existence of the payee and his then capacity to indorse.
Page 943 - A bill of exchange is an unconditional order in writing, addressed by one person to another, signed by the person giving it, requiring the person to whom it is addressed 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 907 - Notice of dishonor may be given by an agent either in his own name or in the name of any party entitled to give notice, whether that party be his principal or not.