A Practical Treatise on the Law of Bankers; Cheques, Letters of Credit, and Drafts: Comprising the Statutes and Cases Relative Thereto : with ObservationsWaterlow & Sons, 1878 - 170 pages |
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... duties ; and although I am aware it is not by any means perfect , yet I believe , so far as it goes , those who are interested in the questions it discusses will find it be relied upon . may GEORGE JOHN SHAW . 8 , FURNIVAL'S INN ...
... duties ; and although I am aware it is not by any means perfect , yet I believe , so far as it goes , those who are interested in the questions it discusses will find it be relied upon . may GEORGE JOHN SHAW . 8 , FURNIVAL'S INN ...
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... Duty of banker to pay cheque on presentation PAGE 67 68 69 73 If funds have been previously applied in payment of a bill of exchange made payable at the bankers , but without any further authority to pay , the banker will not be ...
... Duty of banker to pay cheque on presentation PAGE 67 68 69 73 If funds have been previously applied in payment of a bill of exchange made payable at the bankers , but without any further authority to pay , the banker will not be ...
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... duty of one penny on a bill of exchange pay- able on demand , and other rates of duty on any other kind of bill of exchange . If a cheque bear date on a day after it is issued , it will not be payable on demand , but on the day it is ...
... duty of one penny on a bill of exchange pay- able on demand , and other rates of duty on any other kind of bill of exchange . If a cheque bear date on a day after it is issued , it will not be payable on demand , but on the day it is ...
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... duty , is a ques- tion upon which it is unnecessary to offer an opinion . " In Emanuel v . Robarts and Others ( 17 Law Times 646 ) , a post - dated cheque , payable to order , was refused payment by the bankers the day before it was ...
... duty , is a ques- tion upon which it is unnecessary to offer an opinion . " In Emanuel v . Robarts and Others ( 17 Law Times 646 ) , a post - dated cheque , payable to order , was refused payment by the bankers the day before it was ...
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... duty of the drawer of a cheque " is to draw it in a business - like manner . " Thus , the drawer of a cheque ought to fill it up so carefully as to prevent a fraudulent alteration in the amount . In Whitmore v . Wilks ( see Moody and ...
... duty of the drawer of a cheque " is to draw it in a business - like manner . " Thus , the drawer of a cheque ought to fill it up so carefully as to prevent a fraudulent alteration in the amount . In Whitmore v . Wilks ( see Moody and ...
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Common terms and phrases
acceptance act of bankruptcy action afterwards agent altered appeared assignees Bank of England banker banker paying banking-house bankrupt Barnewall bill of exchange bonâ fide cash cheque in question cheque is crossed cheque or draft cheques drawn circumstances clerk contract Court creditor crossed cheques crossed specially debt defendant's defendants delivered donatio mortis causa drawer duty entitled to recover evidence fact favour forged forgery fraud fraudulent funds genuine gift inter vivos given hands held indorsed instrument issued Kilsby L. J. Ch letter of credit liable London Lord Lord Denman Lord Tenterden ment Messrs Miller negligence November obtained party pay the cheque payable to bearer payee paying a cheque Peter Pole plaintiff presented for payment promissory note proved Ramsbottom received recover back Robert Matson rule Ryder Sewell & Cross Shackell signature statutes sum of money Tenbruggenhate tender transaction trial trustees United Kingdom verdict Vict Wingham
Popular passages
Page 51 - Any contract which if made between private persons would be by law required to be in writing, and signed...
Page 56 - ... be acquired by or devolve upon her after marriage, including any wages, earnings, money, and property gained or acquired by her in any employment, trade, or occupation, in which she is engaged, or which she carries on separately from her husband, or by the exercise of any literary, artistic or scientific skill.
Page 121 - ... either in payment or as a security, or by purchase or otherwise, shall not be entitled to recover thereon, or to make the same available for any purpose whatever.
Page 42 - In case of any action founded upon a bill of exchange, or other negotiable instrument, it shall be lawful for the court or a judge to order that the loss of such instrument shall not be get up, provided an indemnity is given, to the satisfaction of the court or judge, or a master, against the claims of any other person upon such negotiable instrument.
Page 34 - ... under circumstances which ought to have excited the suspicion of a prudent and careful man.
Page 124 - ... a draft on any banker made payable to bearer or to order on demand bears across its face an addition, in written or stamped letters, of the name of any banker, or of the words 'and company...
Page 97 - But we are all of opinion that the holder of a bill is entitled to know on the day when it becomes due whether it is an honoured or dishonoured bill, and that, if he receive the money, and is suffered to retain it during the whole of that day, the parties who paid it cannot recover it back.