Principles of the Law of Personal Property: Intended for the Use of Students in ConveyancingSweet and Maxwell, 1906 - 656 pages |
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Page vii
... contracts , of which the rule in Paquin v . Beauclerk is the latest development , is the best , or rather the worst ... contract ought to be entirely recast on scientific legal principles . It would not be impossible to frame a statute ...
... contracts , of which the rule in Paquin v . Beauclerk is the latest development , is the best , or rather the worst ... contract ought to be entirely recast on scientific legal principles . It would not be impossible to frame a statute ...
Page xci
... ( contract notes ) 167 452 175 366 219 290 56 & 57 Vict . c . 53 ( Trustee Act , 1833 ) 285 , 380 , 382-386 , 388-391 , 454 , 460 , 475 , 539 , 595 , 596 c . 63 ( Married Women's Property Act , 1893 ) c . 71 ( Sale of Goods Act , 1893 ) s ...
... ( contract notes ) 167 452 175 366 219 290 56 & 57 Vict . c . 53 ( Trustee Act , 1833 ) 285 , 380 , 382-386 , 388-391 , 454 , 460 , 475 , 539 , 595 , 596 c . 63 ( Married Women's Property Act , 1893 ) c . 71 ( Sale of Goods Act , 1893 ) s ...
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... contract to deliver any specific or ascertained goods may , on the plaintiff's ap- plication in an action for breach of the contract , be directed to be performed specifically , without giving the defendant the option of retaining the ...
... contract to deliver any specific or ascertained goods may , on the plaintiff's ap- plication in an action for breach of the contract , be directed to be performed specifically , without giving the defendant the option of retaining the ...
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... contract , viz . - that the obligation imposed on a man by his contract , was to perform what he had undertaken with or for the benefit of the person with whom he had contracted , and no other ( n ) —and of the principle that the right ...
... contract , viz . - that the obligation imposed on a man by his contract , was to perform what he had undertaken with or for the benefit of the person with whom he had contracted , and no other ( n ) —and of the principle that the right ...
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... contract or a wrong ( q ) . But when two persons are joined together in law by the link of an obligation arising from contract or wrong , what is created between them is a personal relation , which is , strictly speaking , incapable of ...
... contract or a wrong ( q ) . But when two persons are joined together in law by the link of an obligation arising from contract or wrong , what is created between them is a personal relation , which is , strictly speaking , incapable of ...
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33 Vict 47 Vict act of bankruptcy agreement ante apply appointed assignment bailee bailment bailor Bank Bank of England bankrupt Beav bill of sale bottomry Bract buyer Chancery chattels chose in action claim Comm common law conveyance Court Court of Chancery creditors damages debt debtor deceased deed delivery detinue discharge entitled equity execution executor or administrator Exors fee simple heirs husband indorsement interest judgment jurisdiction land letters-patent liable lien Litt ment mortgage notice obtained owner ownership party patent payable payment personal estate personal property Pollock on Contract possession provisions recover registered remedy replevin respect rule Sect settlement shares ship Stat statute sub-s tenant testator thereof tion trade mark transfer trover trustee trustee in bankruptcy vested void wife Williams
Popular passages
Page 164 - That no action shall be brought whereby to charge any executor or administrator upon any special promise to answer damages out of his own estate...
Page 542 - 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 187 - That at the time it was negotiated to him he had no notice of any infirmity in the instrument or defect in the title of the person negotiating it.
Page 72 - A contract of sale of goods is a contract whereby the seller transfers or agrees to transfer the property in goods to the buyer for a money consideration, called the price.
Page 542 - ... the goods are of a description which it is in the course of the seller's business to supply (whether he be the manufacturer or not) there is an implied condition that the goods shall be reasonably fit for such purpose...
Page 37 - Any absolute assignment, by writing under the hand of the assignor (not purporting to be by way of charge only), of any debt or other legal chose in action, of which express notice in writing shall have been given to the debtor, trustee, or other person from whom the assignor would have been entitled to receive or claim such debt or chose in action...
Page 74 - Where there is a contract for the sale of unascertained or future goods by description, and goods of that description and in a deliverable state are unconditionally appropriated to the contract either by the seller with the assent of the buyer or by the buyer with the assent of the seller, the property in the goods thereupon passes to the buyer. Such assent may be express or implied, and may be given either before or after the appropriation is made.
Page 427 - 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...
Page 179 - 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 358 - Act all rents, annuities, dividends, and other periodical payments in the nature of income (whether reserved or made payable under an instrument in writing or otherwise) shall, like interest on money lent, be considered as accruing from day to day, and shall be apportionable in respect of time accordingly.