Business Man's Commercial Law Library: The law of contractsDoubleday, Page, 1922 - Commercial law |
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Page 447
... Partnership . By ALBERT S. BOLLES , Ph.D. , LL . D. Formerly Professor of Mercantile Law and Banking in the University of Pennsylvania , also lecturer in the same subjects in Haverford College GARDEN CITY NEW YORK DOUBLEDAY , PAGE ...
... Partnership . By ALBERT S. BOLLES , Ph.D. , LL . D. Formerly Professor of Mercantile Law and Banking in the University of Pennsylvania , also lecturer in the same subjects in Haverford College GARDEN CITY NEW YORK DOUBLEDAY , PAGE ...
Page 449
... 538 XIII . Warranty · • 560 XIV . Common Carrier ; Telegraph ; Telephone • 571 XV . XVI . Bank Checks XVII . Guaranty and Surety XVIII . Partnership Promissory Notes and Bills of Exchange ... 594 • 628 10 · 10 : • 640 · D • 648 562353.
... 538 XIII . Warranty · • 560 XIV . Common Carrier ; Telegraph ; Telephone • 571 XV . XVI . Bank Checks XVII . Guaranty and Surety XVIII . Partnership Promissory Notes and Bills of Exchange ... 594 • 628 10 · 10 : • 640 · D • 648 562353.
Page 594
... out indorsements . 20. Transfer without indorsement . 21. Instrument may be negotiated back . 22. Who is holder in due course . 23. Who 594 XV Bank Checks Guaranty and Surety Partnership Promissory Notes and Bills of Exchange.
... out indorsements . 20. Transfer without indorsement . 21. Instrument may be negotiated back . 22. Who is holder in due course . 23. Who 594 XV Bank Checks Guaranty and Surety Partnership Promissory Notes and Bills of Exchange.
Page 629
... draw corporation checks ; but authority may be granted him by charter , statute or usage . Nor can a partnership deposit be drawn on the check of an individual partner . But if it should be thus drawn and applied to the use BANK CHECKS 629.
... draw corporation checks ; but authority may be granted him by charter , statute or usage . Nor can a partnership deposit be drawn on the check of an individual partner . But if it should be thus drawn and applied to the use BANK CHECKS 629.
Page 630
... partnership , such action would afford protection to the partnership . Either of two executors or ad- ministrators can sign a check , but all who act as trus- tees must sign . A court of equity , though , should one of them abscond ...
... partnership , such action would afford protection to the partnership . Either of two executors or ad- ministrators can sign a check , but all who act as trus- tees must sign . A court of equity , though , should one of them abscond ...
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acceptor for honour action agent agree agreement amount apply assent authorised authority to sell bank bill bill of exchange bill of sale bind buyer certified certified check common carrier consignee contract contract of sale court creditor debt debtor deceit declared delivered delivery deposit depositor discharge dishonoured by non-acceptance drawer due course duty effect enforced firm fraud give notice given guaranty holder in due indorser interest liable maker ment negligence negotiable instrument non-payment offer owner paid partner partnership party passenger payable on demand payee person possession presented for acceptance presentment for payment principal promise to pay promissory notes protested purchaser purpose reasonable receive recover refuse regarded representation responsible rule seal seller signed specified statute statute of frauds strument surety tender thereon tion transaction transfer uniform partnership act unless usury writing
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Page 609 - Every holder is deemed prima facie to be a holder in due course; but when it is shown that the title of any person who has negotiated the instrument was defective, the burden is on the holder to prove that he or some person under whom he claims acquired the title as holder in due course.
Page 569 - Any affirmation of fact or any promise by the seller relating to the goods is an express warranty if the natural tendency of such affirmation or promise is to induce the buyer to purchase the goods, and if the buyer purchases the goods relying thereon. No affirmation of the value of the goods, nor any statement purporting to be a statement of the seller's opinion only shall be construed as a warranty.
Page 568 - ... (2) Where the goods are brought by description from a seller who deals in goods of that description (whether he be the grower or manufacturer or not), there is an implied warranty that the goods shall be of merchantable quality.
Page 600 - Where the sum payable is expressed in words and also in figures and there is a discrepancy between the two, the sum denoted by the words is the sum payable ; but if the words are ambiguous or uncertain, reference may be had to the figures to fix the amount ; 84 2.
Page 617 - 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 568 - Where the buyer, expressly or by implication, makes known to the seller the particular purpose for which the goods are required, and it appears that the buyer relies on the seller's skill or judgment (whether he be the grower or manufacturer or not), there is an implied warranty that the goods shall be reasonably fit for such purpose.
Page 654 - The receipt by a person of a share of the profits of a business is prima facie evidence that he is a partner in the business, but no such inference shall be drawn if such profits were received in payment: a.
Page 492 - ... 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 613 - Delay in Giving Notice — How Excused Delay in giving notice of dishonor is excused when the delay is caused by circumstances beyond the control of the holder, and not imputable to his default, misconduct, or negligence.
Page 614 - Every negotiable instrument is payable at the time fixed therein without grace. When the day of maturity falls upon Sunday, or a holiday, the instrument is payable on the next succeeding business day. Instruments falling due...