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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... stolen cheques held by bonâ fide parties . Lost cheque which cannot be produced Cheque which has been destroyed Fraudulently inducing banker to honour cheque 16 222323 19 20 25 35 42 43 The rights and liabilities of the drawer of a cheque.
... stolen cheques held by bonâ fide parties . Lost cheque which cannot be produced Cheque which has been destroyed Fraudulently inducing banker to honour cheque 16 222323 19 20 25 35 42 43 The rights and liabilities of the drawer of a cheque.
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... fide hold money to or for his use any draft or order for the payment to the bearer or to order on demand of any sum of money less than 20s . 8th . Of the time when the cheque is payable . The words " on demand " are seldom inserted in ...
... fide hold money to or for his use any draft or order for the payment to the bearer or to order on demand of any sum of money less than 20s . 8th . Of the time when the cheque is payable . The words " on demand " are seldom inserted in ...
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... fide , and upon a valid consideration . " 5. Effect of delay in presenting a cheque on the liability of the drawer . The drawer of a cheque is not discharged by any delay in presenting it short of the six years fixed by the statute of ...
... fide , and upon a valid consideration . " 5. Effect of delay in presenting a cheque on the liability of the drawer . The drawer of a cheque is not discharged by any delay in presenting it short of the six years fixed by the statute of ...
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... fide , and without knowledge of the cir- cumstances under which Muilman and Nantes held it ; and if so , he thought , though not without some doubt , that the mere circumstance of its being so long outstanding at the time , was not ...
... fide , and without knowledge of the cir- cumstances under which Muilman and Nantes held it ; and if so , he thought , though not without some doubt , that the mere circumstance of its being so long outstanding at the time , was not ...
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... fide holders of the bill . The rule established in Brown v . Davis , and in the other case there referred to , was framed to exclude fraud , and it professed to be founded on grounds of justice ; whereas here the demand is founded in ...
... fide holders of the bill . The rule established in Brown v . Davis , and in the other case there referred to , was framed to exclude fraud , and it professed to be founded on grounds of justice ; whereas here the demand is founded in ...
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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.