A Treatise on the Law of Promissory Notes and Bills of Exchange, Volumen1J. B. Lippincott & Company, 1873 |
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... Husband v . Davis Huse v . Alexander Hussey Freeman II . 151 , 204 , 218 Ingraham v . Bowie II . 165 v . Usherwood II . 54 Inglish v . Breneman II . 82 v . Watkins I. 310 , 439 ; II . 470 I. 310. Humphreys v . Jones Humphries v ...
... Husband v . Davis Huse v . Alexander Hussey Freeman II . 151 , 204 , 218 Ingraham v . Bowie II . 165 v . Usherwood II . 54 Inglish v . Breneman II . 82 v . Watkins I. 310 , 439 ; II . 470 I. 310. Humphreys v . Jones Humphries v ...
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... husband ; and further , her acts are abso- lutely void , whereas those of an infant are voidable only . It would be absurd to allow one , who has made a promise to pay to one who is an infant or his order , to refuse to pay the money to ...
... husband ; and further , her acts are abso- lutely void , whereas those of an infant are voidable only . It would be absurd to allow one , who has made a promise to pay to one who is an infant or his order , to refuse to pay the money to ...
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... husband and wife are one person , and the husband is that person ; for most purposes the wife's personal existence being merged in that of the husband . This rule is qualified some- what , in this country , by adjudication ; more ...
... husband and wife are one person , and the husband is that person ; for most purposes the wife's personal existence being merged in that of the husband . This rule is qualified some- what , in this country , by adjudication ; more ...
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... husband's death , will not operate as a confirmation , nor have any force , unless made upon a new consideration , so as to be binding as an independent promise . ( c ) Nor can she , like an infant , convey a good title to a third party ...
... husband's death , will not operate as a confirmation , nor have any force , unless made upon a new consideration , so as to be binding as an independent promise . ( c ) Nor can she , like an infant , convey a good title to a third party ...
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... husband's name , without adding anything to show that it was signed by an agent , perhaps the husband would be bound . ( g ) But if she merely sign her own name , without anything to indicate that she is acting in behalf of her husband ...
... husband's name , without adding anything to show that it was signed by an agent , perhaps the husband would be bound . ( g ) But if she merely sign her own name , without anything to indicate that she is acting in behalf of her husband ...
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Términos y frases comunes
acceptance acceptor action agent amount assignment authority Barb bill drawn bill of exchange bill or note bill was drawn bind bound Branch Bank charge chose in action circumstances Conn consideration considered contract court Cowen creditor day of grace debt defendant demand and notice Denio discharge dishonor drawer effect entitled evidence excuse executor fact firm foreign bill fraud funds give notice given Greenl indorser infra insolvent instrument jury laches latter law merchant liable Lord Ellenborough Lord Mansfield maker maturity ment merchants Misso necessary negotiable paper non-payment notary note or bill note payable opinion paid partner partnership party payable on demand payee payment Penn person Pick plaintiff presentment presumption principal promise to pay promisor promissory note proof protest proved question reasonable received recover refused residence rule Smedes Smith statute statute of Anne Strob surety usage waiver Wend words
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Página 77 - No action shall be brought whereby to charge any person upon any promise made after full age to pay any debt contracted during infancy, or upon any ratification made after full age of any promise or contract made during infancy, whether there shall or shall not be any new consideration for such promise or ratification after full age.
Página 340 - ... there must be no unreasonable or improper delay. Whether there has been in any particular case reasonable diligence used, or whether unreasonable delay has occurred, is a mixed question of law and fact, to be decided by the jury acting under the direction of the Judge, upon the particular circumstances of each case.
Página 9 - ... and also every such note payable to any person or persons, body politic and corporate, his, her or their order, shall be assignable or indorsable over, in the same manner as inland bills of exchange are or may be, according to the custom of merchants...
Página 323 - ... still his attention may reasonably be lessened by the assertion that the call itself makes to him in fact, though no assertion may be made in words. And the fault, if he pays on a forged signature, is not wholly and entirely his own, but begins at least with the person who thus calls upon him. And though where all the negligence is on one side it may perhaps be unfit to inquire into the quantum, yet where there is any fault in the other party, and that other party cannot be said to be wholly...
Página 171 - ... of some of its officers be used, it should be declared on and treated as a promise to the corporation And there is no so safe criterion as the consideration.
Página 129 - It is not essential to a partnership that one partner should have power to draw bills and notes in the partnership firm to charge the others : they may stipulate between themselves that it shall not be done ; and if a third person, having notice of this, will take such a security from one of the partners, he shall not sue the others upon it, in breach of such stipulation, nor in defiance of a notice, previously given to him by one of them, that he will not be liable for any bill or note signed by...
Página 655 - Such damages shall be in lieu of interest, charges of protest, and all other charges incurred previous to, and at the time of giving notice of non-payment ; but the holder...
Página 453 - ... Precision and certainty are often of more importance to the rules of law, than their abstract justice. On this point there is no other rule that can be laid down, which will not leave too much latitude as to place and distance. Besides which, it is consistent with analogy to other cases, that the indorser should stand committed, in this respect, by the conduct of the maker. For his absconding or removal out of the kingdom, the indorser is held, in England, to stand committed...
Página 9 - ... to pay to any other person or persons, body politic and corporate, his, her, or their order, or unto bearer, any sum of money mentioned in such Note, shall be taken and construed to be, by virtue thereof, due and payable to any such person or persons, body politic and corporate, to whom the same is made payable...
Página 332 - A creditor shall not be permitted to split up a single cause of action into many actions, without the assent of his debtor, since it may subject him to many embarrassments and responsibilities not contemplated in his original contract.