The Practice in Courts of Justice in England and the United States, Volume 2A. Morris, 1855 - Actions and defenses |
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... liable as acceptor of a bill ; and how the acceptance may be made , 1. On a bill addressed to an individual or a firm , who may be- come liable as acceptor , - 149 150 150 · 150 2. Acceptance may be absolute or conditional , 3. Whether ...
... liable as acceptor of a bill ; and how the acceptance may be made , 1. On a bill addressed to an individual or a firm , who may be- come liable as acceptor , - 149 150 150 · 150 2. Acceptance may be absolute or conditional , 3. Whether ...
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... liable as an ac- ceptor . Review of the decisions . Rule established in En- gland , that a promise to accept a non ... liable to pay endorsee , or if he has paid , entitled to recover back , 5. Acceptor liable to holder where bill is ...
... liable as an ac- ceptor . Review of the decisions . Rule established in En- gland , that a promise to accept a non ... liable to pay endorsee , or if he has paid , entitled to recover back , 5. Acceptor liable to holder where bill is ...
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... liable on his wife's contracts , when they are living together , 4. How far husband is liable for supplies to wife during his tem- porary absence , 343 345 346 6. When wife is living apart from husband , with his consent , how his ...
... liable on his wife's contracts , when they are living together , 4. How far husband is liable for supplies to wife during his tem- porary absence , 343 345 346 6. When wife is living apart from husband , with his consent , how his ...
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... liable as carriers , 524 4. Action lies for refusing to accept goods for place to which carrier professes to carry , 5. Whether hire must be agreed on to render carrier liable , 6. Carrier for hire is generally regarded an insurer of ...
... liable as carriers , 524 4. Action lies for refusing to accept goods for place to which carrier professes to carry , 5. Whether hire must be agreed on to render carrier liable , 6. Carrier for hire is generally regarded an insurer of ...
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... liable to action for false imprisonment , 3. On what principle action lies against sheriff for not arresting , or for permitting an escape . It must be shewn that plaintiff was entitled to sue out the process . If he was so entitled and ...
... liable to action for false imprisonment , 3. On what principle action lies against sheriff for not arresting , or for permitting an escape . It must be shewn that plaintiff was entitled to sue out the process . If he was so entitled and ...
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Page 413 - By the seventeenth section, it is enacted that " no contract for the sale of any goods, wares, and merchandises, for the price of £,10 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...
Page 60 - If a day be appointed for payment of money, or part of it, or for doing any other act, and the day is to happen, or may happen, before the thing which is the consideration of the money, or other act, is to be performed ; an action may be brought for the money, or for not doing such other act before performance, for it appears that the party relied upon his remedy, and did not intend to make the performance a condition precedent. And so it is where no time is fixed for performance of that, which is...
Page 663 - When carriers undertake to convey persons by the powerful but dangerous agency of steam, public policy and safety require that they be held to the greatest possible care and diligence.
Page 319 - All contracts or agreements, whether by parol or in writing, by way of gaming, or wagering, shall be null and void ; and 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...
Page 363 - ... for the use and occupation of what was so held or enjoyed; and if in evidence on the trial of such action any...
Page 50 - But when the party by his own contract creates a duty or charge upon himself, he is bound to make it good, if he may, notwithstanding any accident by inevitable necessity, because he might have provided against it by his contract.
Page 494 - If goods are sold upon credit, and nothing is agreed upon as to the time of delivering the goods, the vendee is immediately entitled to the possession, and the right of possession and the right of property vests at once in him...
Page 694 - Salk. 282, as a general position," that no master is chargeable with the acts of his servant but when he acts in the execution of the authority given him." Now when a servant quits sight of the object for which he is employed, and without having in view his master's orders pursues that which his own malice suggests, he no longer acts in pursuance of the authority given him, and according to the doctrine of Lord Holt his master will not be answerable for such act.
Page 672 - ... it is a right only to the flow of the water, and the enjoyment of it, subject to the similar rights of all the proprietors of the banks on each side to the reasonable enjoyment of the same gift of Providence. It is only therefore for an unreasonable and unauthorised use of this common benefit that an action will lie...
Page 505 - product of or substitute for the original thing still follows the " nature of the thing itself as long as it can be ascertained to