Reports of Cases Decided in the Court of Appeal [1876-1900].Rowsell & Hutchison, 1881 |
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Page 20
... discharge of a debt due by him to J. N. and P. N. , another brother . J. N. also swore that the mortgage moneys belonged to him and P. N. , but their evidence was uncorroborated , and P. N. was not called . Held , reversing the decree ...
... discharge of a debt due by him to J. N. and P. N. , another brother . J. N. also swore that the mortgage moneys belonged to him and P. N. , but their evidence was uncorroborated , and P. N. was not called . Held , reversing the decree ...
Page 37
... discharge an existing liability . But I have not been able to see my way to drawing any intelligible line between them . It is perfectly well settled that one is as much a pur- chaser for value as the other , and in the eye of the law ...
... discharge an existing liability . But I have not been able to see my way to drawing any intelligible line between them . It is perfectly well settled that one is as much a pur- chaser for value as the other , and in the eye of the law ...
Page 39
... discharge of a liability he was under , the person taking from the maker could not recover . In others the broader doctrine has prevailed , that the endorser , by writing his name , and delivering the paper to the maker , had held him ...
... discharge of a liability he was under , the person taking from the maker could not recover . In others the broader doctrine has prevailed , that the endorser , by writing his name , and delivering the paper to the maker , had held him ...
Page 41
... discharged and fully satisfied , and that this agreement was carried into effect , and the bill delivered up as satisfied , and not for the purpose of being negotiated . It was also alleged that Riley had en- dorsed to one Short , and ...
... discharged and fully satisfied , and that this agreement was carried into effect , and the bill delivered up as satisfied , and not for the purpose of being negotiated . It was also alleged that Riley had en- dorsed to one Short , and ...
Page 54
... discharged the mort- gage the plaintiff having no notice or knowledge of the arrangement between Currie and the defendant as to the disposition of the note . The plaintiff afterwards placed the note in the Bank of Commerce for ...
... discharged the mort- gage the plaintiff having no notice or knowledge of the arrangement between Currie and the defendant as to the disposition of the note . The plaintiff afterwards placed the note in the Bank of Commerce for ...
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acceptance action agent agreed agreement alleged allotment amount appeal appellant application arbitration assignee authority award Bank Bethune bill bill of exchange binding BURTON by-laws circumstances claim condition contract County Court Court of Chancery Court of Equity creditors Currie dant debt decision declared defendant defendant's directors discharge dispute effect endorsed entitled equity evidence fact fee simple fraud give given ground held holder insolvency instrument intended issue James McDougall judgment jury Justice land law merchant learned Judge learned Vice-Chancellor lease liability matter ment MORRISON mortgage negotiable instrument notice opinion paid parties PATTERSON payable payment person plaintiff plea possession premium proceedings promissory note Quebec Bank Queen's Bench question reason receipt received recover referred refused reinsurance rent respondent rule of Court seal shareholder shew shewn signed statute Statute of Frauds submission sufficient tion transaction valid verdict
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Page 58 - The holder of a Bill of Exchange or Promissory Note is not to be considered in the light of an assignee of the payee. An assignee must take the thing assigned subject to all the equity to which the original party was subject. If this rule applied to Bills and Promissory Notes, it would stop their CURRENCY.
Page 480 - Company; and in no case shall it be necessary to have the seal of the Company affixed...
Page 530 - A direct tax is one which is demanded from the very persons who, it is intended or desired, should pay it. Indirect taxes are those which are demanded from one person in the expectation and intention that he shall indemnify himself at the expense of another : such as the excise or customs.
Page 315 - A married woman may maintain an action in her own name for the recovery of any wages, earnings, money, and property by this Act declared to be her separate property...
Page 35 - And we have no hesitation in saying that a pre-existing debt does constitute a valuable consideration in the sense of the general rule already stated as applicable to negotiable instruments. Assuming it to be true (which, however, may well admit of some doubt from the generality of the language) that the holder of a negotiable instrument is unaffected with the equities between antecedent parties, of which he has no notice, only where he receives it in the usual course of trade and business...
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Page 62 - I believe we are all of opinion that gross negligence only would not be a sufficient answer where the party has given consideration for the bill. Gross negligence may be evidence of mala fides, but it is not the same thing. We have shaken off the last remnant of the contrary doctrine. Where the bill has passed to the plaintiff without any proof of bad faith in him, there is no objection to his
Page 383 - ... may stay any proceedings pending in any other court in relation to the same matter, and may proceed in such manner and subject to such regulations as to making persons interested parties to the proceedings, and as to the exclusion of any claimants who do not come in within a certain time, and as to requiring security from the owner, and as to payment of any costs, as the court thinks just.
Page 37 - He who chooses to put himself in the front of a negotiable instrument for the benefit of his friend, must abide the consequence (12 S. & R. 382), and has no more right to complain, if his friend accommodates himself by pledging it for an old debt, than if he had used it in any other way.