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... means , or for an illegal considera- tion , or when he negotiates it in breach of faith , or under such cir- cumstances as amount to fraud . " While § 4106 provides : " To con- stitute notice of an infirmity in the instrument or defect ...
... means , or for an illegal considera- tion , or when he negotiates it in breach of faith , or under such cir- cumstances as amount to fraud . " While § 4106 provides : " To con- stitute notice of an infirmity in the instrument or defect ...
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... means , in this case , a controlling one ; it is not really an issue in the case . It is only material , if at all , to show the good faith of the indorsee . He has wholly failed to show by a prepon- derance of evidence his good faith ...
... means , in this case , a controlling one ; it is not really an issue in the case . It is only material , if at all , to show the good faith of the indorsee . He has wholly failed to show by a prepon- derance of evidence his good faith ...
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... means of certain fraudulent repre- sentations going to the consideration . " It seems probable that the court's statement of the rule was in view of this defense ; at least , it seems clear IV . continued . b . Under Negotiable ...
... means of certain fraudulent repre- sentations going to the consideration . " It seems probable that the court's statement of the rule was in view of this defense ; at least , it seems clear IV . continued . b . Under Negotiable ...
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... means , the maker , by its negotiable character , agrees that the payee shall put it in circulation . He has no right , there- fore , to complain of his own act , and a holder placing confidence in such paper ought not to be compelled ...
... means , the maker , by its negotiable character , agrees that the payee shall put it in circulation . He has no right , there- fore , to complain of his own act , and a holder placing confidence in such paper ought not to be compelled ...
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... means of which customers were to be sup- plied with gasolene . It was the plan to store the gasolene upon the prem- ises in large steel tanks specially 18 A.L.R. - 7 . designed for the purpose , and buried in the ground , while the oil ...
... means of which customers were to be sup- plied with gasolene . It was the plan to store the gasolene upon the prem- ises in large steel tanks specially 18 A.L.R. - 7 . designed for the purpose , and buried in the ground , while the oil ...
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Page 7 - Every holder is deemed prima facie to be a holder in due course; but when it is shown that the title of any person who has negotiated the instrument was defective, the burden is on the holder to prove that he or some person under whom he claims acquired the title as a holder in due course.
Page 48 - A holder in due course is a holder who has taken the instrument under the following conditions: — 1. That it is complete and regular upon its face; 2. That he became the holder of it before it was overdue, and without notice that it had been previously dishonored, if such was the fact; 3.
Page 413 - Gross income" includes gains, profits, and income derived from salaries, wages, or compensation for personal service, of whatever kind and in whatever form paid, or from professions, vocations, trades, businesses, commerce, or sales, or dealings in property, whether real or personal, growing out of the ownership or use of or interest in such property; also from interest, rent, dividends, securities, or the transaction of any business carried on for gain or profit, or gains or profits and...
Page 9 - An instrument is negotiated when it is transferred from one person to another in such manner as to constitute the transferee the holder thereof. If payable to bearer it is negotiated by delivery ; if payable to order it is negotiated by the indorsement of the holder completed by delivery.
Page 232 - When we consider the nature and the theory of our institutions of government, the principles upon which they are supposed to rest, and review the history of their development, we are constrained to conclude that they do not mean to leave room for the play and action of purely personal and arbitrary power.
Page 75 - If the nature of a thing is such that it is reasonably certain to place life and limb in peril when negligently made, it is then a thing of danger.
Page 425 - Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.
Page 654 - Anything which is injurious to health, or indecent, or offensive to the senses, or an obstruction to the free use of property, so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property, is a nuisance, and the subject of an action. Such action may be brought by any person whose property is injuriously affected, or whose personal enjoyment is lessened by the nuisance ; and by the judgment, the nuisance may be enjoined or abated, as well as damages recovered.
Page 228 - It may be said in a general way that the police power extends to all the great public needs. ... It may be put forth in aid of what is sanctioned by usage, or held by the prevailing morality or strong and preponderant opinion to be greatly and immediately necessary to the public welfare.
Page 551 - Upon such filing, the court shall cause notice thereof to be served upon such person, and thereupon shall have jurisdiction of the proceeding and of the question determined therein, and shall have power to grant such temporary relief or restraining order as it deems just and proper, and to make and enter upon the pleadings, testimony, and proceedings set forth in such transcript a decree enforcing, modifying, and enforcing as so modified^ or setting aside in whole or in part the order of the Board.