The Law Relating to the Sale of Goods and Commercial AgencyStevens & Haynes, 1881 - 710 pages |
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... CONTRACT . Concurrent conditions . 274 Delivery , receipt , and acceptance 276 Tender . 277 Seller's obligation as to delivery , where not expressly mentioned in the contract When contract express that seller is to deliver ib . 278 Time ...
... CONTRACT . Concurrent conditions . 274 Delivery , receipt , and acceptance 276 Tender . 277 Seller's obligation as to delivery , where not expressly mentioned in the contract When contract express that seller is to deliver ib . 278 Time ...
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... contract Is it evidence of the contract ? 435 436 Disregarded in all the earlier cases • Semble that it is practically useless as evidence But the contract being proved aliunde , may satisfy the Statute of Frauds Broker's commission ...
... contract Is it evidence of the contract ? 435 436 Disregarded in all the earlier cases • Semble that it is practically useless as evidence But the contract being proved aliunde , may satisfy the Statute of Frauds Broker's commission ...
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... contract but also a conveyance . In English law sale is sometimes viewed not only as a con- tract , but as a ... contract . Sale executed ( bargain and sale ) and executory . Definition of sale according to English law . As the contract ...
... contract but also a conveyance . In English law sale is sometimes viewed not only as a con- tract , but as a ... contract . Sale executed ( bargain and sale ) and executory . Definition of sale according to English law . As the contract ...
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... contract , and any contract which she may purport to make is absolutely void . It has been even held that a feme covert , living apart from her husband , and having a separate maintenance secured to her by deed , cannot contract or be ...
... contract , and any contract which she may purport to make is absolutely void . It has been even held that a feme covert , living apart from her husband , and having a separate maintenance secured to her by deed , cannot contract or be ...
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... contract . It need hardly be said that if a letter purporting to accept an offer introduces a new term as part of the proposed contract , there is no completed contract , nor any acceptance , but merely a new offer on the other side ...
... contract . It need hardly be said that if a letter purporting to accept an offer introduces a new term as part of the proposed contract , there is no completed contract , nor any acceptance , but merely a new offer on the other side ...
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4th section acceptance according act of bankruptcy action actual receipt agent agreement appears assignment attornment authority bailee Bank bankrupt Bankruptcy Act bargain bill of exchange bill of lading Bing Blackburn broker buyer cargo chattels circumstances cited common law condition considered consignee contract Court of Appeal Court of Equity debt debtor decided decision defendant delivered delivery document effect emblements English law entitled equity evidence Exchequer Chamber express fact fixtures fraudulent held holder House of Lords implied indorsed intention invoice jobber judgment jury land letter liable lien Lord Justice memorandum ment mercantile mortgage negociable notice owner parties payment person plaintiff possession principle purchaser question ratio decidendi referred regard reputed ownership Sale Act sell seller shares ship shipment sold Statute of Frauds Stock Exchange supra tenant thing tion transaction transfer trustee trustee in bankruptcy usage vendee vendor vessel Vict warehouseman warranty
Popular passages
Page 33 - The rule of law is clear, that where one by his words or conduct wilfully causes another to believe in the existence of a certain state of things, and induces him to act on that belief •o as to alter his own previous position, the former is concluded from averring against the latter a different state of things, as existing at the same time...
Page 109 - ... any agreement, whether intended or not to be followed by the execution of any other instrument, by which a right in equity to any personal chattels, or to any charge or security thereon, shall be conferred...
Page 110 - India warrants ; warehouse-keepers' certificates ; warrants or orders for the delivery of goods, or any other documents used in the ordinary course of business as proof of the possession or control of goods, or authorizing or purporting to authorize, either by endorsement or by delivery, the possessor of such document to transfer or receive goods thereby represented...
Page 155 - ... no tradesman, artificer, workman, labourer, or other person whatsoever shall do or exercise any worldly labour, business or work of their ordinary callings, upon the Lord's Day, or any part thereof (works of necessity and charity only excepted...
Page 87 - ... with a view of giving such creditor a preference over the other creditors shall, if the person making, taking, paying, or suffering the same...
Page 157 - ... no contract for the sale of any goods, wares, and merchandises, for the price of ten pounds sterling or upwards, shall be allowed to be good, except the buyer shall accept part of the goods so sold, and actually receive the same, or give something in earnest to bind the bargain, or in part...
Page 43 - ... law relating to joint-stock companies. . . . Law students may well read it ; for Mr. Smith has very wisely been at the pains of giving his authority for all his statements of the law or of practice, as applied to joint-stock company business usually transacted in solicitors* chambers.
Page 154 - ... no suit shall be brought or maintained in any court of law or equity for recovering any sum of money or valuable thing alleged to be won upon any wager, or which shall have been deposited in the hands of any person to abide the event on which any wager shall have been made...
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Page 33 - wilfully,' however, in that rule, we must understand, if not that the party represents that to be true which he knows to be untrue, at least that he means his representation to be acted upon, and that it is acted upon accordingly; and if, whatever a man's real...