Pennsylvania Bar Association. Meeting. Report of the ... Annual Meeting ..., Volume 5The Association, 1899 - Bar associations |
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... judgment of a judicial tribunal . At the joint request of Connecticut and Pennsylvania the Congress recog- nized as commissioners to constitute a court the following gentlemen William Whipple , of New Hampshire ; Welcome Arnold , of ...
... judgment of a judicial tribunal . At the joint request of Connecticut and Pennsylvania the Congress recog- nized as commissioners to constitute a court the following gentlemen William Whipple , of New Hampshire ; Welcome Arnold , of ...
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... judgment would be most advantageous as well to the builder as to all other persons in the community , they would advise a brief enactment repealing all laws on the subject of mechanics ' liens . Experience has taught that these laws ...
... judgment would be most advantageous as well to the builder as to all other persons in the community , they would advise a brief enactment repealing all laws on the subject of mechanics ' liens . Experience has taught that these laws ...
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... judgment against the contractor if served with process shall be personal , and execution may be issued thereon against his other property . Judgment may be entered against him though an affidavit of defence be filed by the owner . The ...
... judgment against the contractor if served with process shall be personal , and execution may be issued thereon against his other property . Judgment may be entered against him though an affidavit of defence be filed by the owner . The ...
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... judgment entered on the scire facias within five years after it is issued . Final judgment must be entered on the verdict within five years after its recovery . After judgment is entered , it must be revived by writ of scire facias to ...
... judgment entered on the scire facias within five years after it is issued . Final judgment must be entered on the verdict within five years after its recovery . After judgment is entered , it must be revived by writ of scire facias to ...
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... judgments recovered upon such claims if payments are not due , and the owner may pay into court the whole balance found due under said contract in accordance with the provisions of this section , whereupon the court shall order the ...
... judgments recovered upon such claims if payments are not due , and the owner may pay into court the whole balance found due under said contract in accordance with the provisions of this section , whereupon the court shall order the ...
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Page 106 - On or at a fixed period after the occurrence of a specified event, which is certain to happen, though the time of happening be uncertain. An instrument payable upon a contingency is not negotiable, and the happening of the event does not cure the defect.
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Page 105 - An instrument to be negotiable must conform to the following requirements: 1. It must be in writing and signed by the maker or drawer; 2. Must contain an unconditional promise or order to pay a sum certain in money; 3.
Page 128 - Where a bill has been paid for honor, all parties subsequent to the party for whose honor it is paid are discharged, but the payer for honor is subrogated for, and succeeds to, both the rights and duties of the holder as regards the party for whose honor he pays and all parties liable to the latter.
Page 121 - A negotiable instrument is discharged: — 1. By payment in due course by or on behalf of the principal debtor; 2. By payment in due course by the party accommodated, where the instrument is made or accepted for accommodation; 3. By the intentional cancellation thereof by the holder; 4. By any other act which will discharge a simple contract for the payment of money; 5.
Page 121 - By a valid tender of payment made by a prior party; 5. By a release of the principal debtor, unless the holder's right of recourse against the party secondarily liable is expressly reserved; 6. By any agreement binding upon the holder to extend the time of payment, or to postpone the holder's right to enforce the instrument unless made with the assent of the party secondarily liable, or unless the right of recourse against such party is expressly reserved.
Page 122 - Any alteration which changes: — 1. The date; 2. The sum payable, either for principal or interest; 3. The time or place of payment; 4. The number or the relations of the parties; 5. The medium or currency in which payment is to be made; Or which adds a place of payment where no place of payment is specified, or any other change or addition which alters the effect of the instrument in any respect, is a material alteration.
Page 129 - A check of itself does not operate as an assignment of any part of the funds to the credit of the drawer with the bank, and the bank is not liable to the holder, unless and until it accepts or certifies the check.
Page 122 - Where a negotiable instrument is materially altered without the assent of all parties liable thereon, it is avoided, except as against a party who has himself made, authorized or assented to the alteration, and subsequent indorsers. But when an instrument has been materially altered and is in the hands of a holder in due course, not a party to the alteration, he may enforce payment thereof according to its original tenor.
Page 106 - Where the instrument is payable to order the payee must be named or otherwise indicated therein with reasonable certainty.