A Treatise on the Law of Principal and Agent: Chiefly with Reference to Mercantile TransactionsJ. Butterworth, 1812 - 313 pages |
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... sell his lands , goods , & c . but a bare authority can only be executed by the person to whom it is given . ( * ) 1 Campb . 88 . ( a ) 1 Salk , 96 , 9. Co. 76. 2. Roll . Rep . 393 . Edmiston v . Wright . So an attorney for making ...
... sell his lands , goods , & c . but a bare authority can only be executed by the person to whom it is given . ( * ) 1 Campb . 88 . ( a ) 1 Salk , 96 , 9. Co. 76. 2. Roll . Rep . 393 . Edmiston v . Wright . So an attorney for making ...
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... sell certain articles , and the condition of sale purported that the highest bidder should be the purchaser : but the agent had private instructions not to sell under a certain sum ; notwithstanding which he sold for the highest sum bid ...
... sell certain articles , and the condition of sale purported that the highest bidder should be the purchaser : but the agent had private instructions not to sell under a certain sum ; notwithstanding which he sold for the highest sum bid ...
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... sell , was not justified in selling upon trust . ( " ) But whatever may have been the law formerly , it is now settled , agreeably to the principle which governs every part of an agent's duty , that the usage of trade affords the true ...
... sell , was not justified in selling upon trust . ( " ) But whatever may have been the law formerly , it is now settled , agreeably to the principle which governs every part of an agent's duty , that the usage of trade affords the true ...
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... sell upon credit , there , if he sell to a person of good credit at the time , and he afterwards be- comes insolvent , the factor is discharged ; but otherwise , if it be to a man notoriously discre- dited at the time of the sale ...
... sell upon credit , there , if he sell to a person of good credit at the time , and he afterwards be- comes insolvent , the factor is discharged ; but otherwise , if it be to a man notoriously discre- dited at the time of the sale ...
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... of the other to return or reject them , instead of doing what is best for him , namely , selling them immediately ; a jury would have no hesitation in saying , that he may be consi- 26 [ CHAP . I. The Duties of Agents .
... of the other to return or reject them , instead of doing what is best for him , namely , selling them immediately ; a jury would have no hesitation in saying , that he may be consi- 26 [ CHAP . I. The Duties of Agents .
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action for money action of trover afterwards agent employed Ambl assignees assumpsit authority banker bankrupt bankruptcy Beawes Bexwell bind bond broker brought Burr buyer Campb ceived charge cipal circumstances considered consigned contract court Court of Chancery court of equity Cowp creditor debt defendant defendant's deposited discharge duty East effect employer employment entitled equity evidence execution factor fraud given held Holt illegal indorsed latter liable lien Lord Chancellor Lord Eldon Lord Ellenborough Lord Hardwicke Lord Kenyon Lord Mansfield master ment merchant notice obliged opinion owner paid particular party payment person plaintiff possession power of attorney principal principal's purchase purpose Raym receipt received recover refused rule Salk SECTION sell servant ship sold sufficient tion transaction trover trust vendee verdict warrant