California Jurisprudence: A Complete Statement of the Law and Practice of the State of California, Volume 19Bancroft-Whitney, 1925 - Law |
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... liable . 14. City of Pasadena v . Stimson , 91 Cal . 238 , 27 Pac . 604 , holding the complaint sufficient although it did not describe the exact spot to which the outfall sewer had already been constructed , and although it described ...
... liable . 14. City of Pasadena v . Stimson , 91 Cal . 238 , 27 Pac . 604 , holding the complaint sufficient although it did not describe the exact spot to which the outfall sewer had already been constructed , and although it described ...
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... liable for the death of a person resulting from the falling of the lumber ) . As to liability for injuries from obstructions , see infra , 461 et seq . As to power of muncipality to permit perma- nent loading platforms in street , see ...
... liable for the death of a person resulting from the falling of the lumber ) . As to liability for injuries from obstructions , see infra , 461 et seq . As to power of muncipality to permit perma- nent loading platforms in street , see ...
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... liable for personal injuries occasioned by the negligence of its officers charged with the care of its streets and the duty of keeping them in repair , 20 the principle being that in § 461 its governmental functions the municipality is ...
... liable for personal injuries occasioned by the negligence of its officers charged with the care of its streets and the duty of keeping them in repair , 20 the principle being that in § 461 its governmental functions the municipality is ...
Page 127
... liable , if at all . Nor is a city liable where the work is done by a con- tractor or abutting owner , as the city is not then acting through its own agents . An attempt has been made to limits or across bordering streams , see BRIDGES ...
... liable , if at all . Nor is a city liable where the work is done by a con- tractor or abutting owner , as the city is not then acting through its own agents . An attempt has been made to limits or across bordering streams , see BRIDGES ...
Page 128
... liable in damages for in- juries resulting from defects and dangers in public streets which they fail to repair , only when the duty to repair is plain , when the officer has the means and ability to per- form it , and when performance ...
... liable in damages for in- juries resulting from defects and dangers in public streets which they fail to repair , only when the duty to repair is plain , when the officer has the means and ability to per- form it , and when performance ...
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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.