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" Where the sum payable is expressed in words and also in • figures and there is a discrepancy between the two, the sum denoted by the words is the sum payable; but if the words are ambiguous or uncertain, reference may be had to the figures to fix the... "
Sammlung der seit dem Jahre 1871 in Aegypten, Belgien, Dänemark ... - Page 317
by Oscar Borchardt - 1883 - 373 pages
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Reports of Cases at Law and in Chancery Argued and Determined in ..., Volume 252

Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1912 - 712 pages
...p. 406,) fixes the law of this State on that subject, and is as follows: "Where the sum payable is expressed in words and also in figures and there is...between the two, the sum denoted by the words is the sum payable; but if the words are ambiguous or uncertain, reference may be had to the figures to fix...
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A Digest of the Law of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes and Cheques

Sir Mackenzie Dalzell Edwin Stewart Chalmers - Negotiable instruments - 1878 - 366 pages
...ten shillings." This is sufficient as a bill for 251. 10*.' Explanation 1. — If the sum payable be expressed in words and also in figures, and there is a discrepancy between the two, the words prevail.3 ILLUSTRATION. A bill is drawn, " Pay C. or order two hundred pounds." In the margin...
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Commentary on the Bills of Exchange Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Victoria, Cap. 61)

W. D. Thorburn - Bills of exchange - 1882 - 318 pages
...to a rate of exchange to be ascertained as directed by the bill (c). (2.) Where the sum payable is expressed in words and also in figures, and there...the sum denoted by the words is the amount payable (d). (3.) Where a bill is expressed to be payable with interest, unless the instrument otherwise provides,...
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The Bills of Exchange Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict., C. 61): An Act to Codify the ...

Sir Mackenzie Dalzell Edwin Stewart Chalmers - Bills of exchange - 1882 - 126 pages
...according to a rate of exchange to be ascertained as directed by the bill. (2.) Where the sum payable is expressed in words and also in figures, and there...discrepancy between the two, the sum denoted by the words is amount payable. ',.) Where a bill is expressed to be payable with rest, unless the instrument otherwise...
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Journal of the Institute of Bankers, Volume 3

Institute of Bankers (Great Britain) - Banks and banking - 1882 - 726 pages
...branch where it is payable ? In clause 11, sub-section 2, it is stated : " where the sum payable is expressed in words and also in figures, and there is a discrepancy, the sum denoted by the words shall be the amount payable." I have very frequently seen bills and cheques...
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A Handy Book on the Law of Bills, Cheques, Notes and IOU's

James Walter Smith - Catalogs, Publishers' - 1884 - 164 pages
...according to a rate of exchange to be ascertained as directed by the bill. (2.) Where the sum payable is expressed in words and also in figures, and there...amount payable. (3.) Where a bill is expressed to be pyable with interest, unless the instrument otherwise provides, interest runs from the date of the...
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The Bills of Exchange Act, 1882: (45 & 46 Vict. C. 61). With Explanatory ...

Aviet Agabeg, William Frederick Barry - Bills of exchange - 1884 - 286 pages
...exchange to be ascertained as directed by the bill (v). ind. Act, s. 18. (2.) Where the sum payable is expressed in words, and also in figures, and there...the sum denoted by the words is the amount payable (f). (3.) Where a bill is expressed to be payable with interest, unless the instrument otherwise provides,...
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Roscoe's Digest of the Law of Evidence on the Trial of Actions ..., Volumes 1-2

Henry Roscoe - Evidence (Law) - 1884 - 834 pages
...& A. 301 ; Sprowle v. Leyge, 1 B. & C. 16. By sect. 9 (2) " Where the sum payable," by a bill, " is expressed in words and also in figures, and there...the sum denoted by the words is the amount payable." Ambiguous and irregular instruments.] Sect. 3 (1), ante, p. 319, defines a bill of exchange, and (2),...
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The Theory and Practice of Banking, Volume 2

Henry Dunning Macleod - Banks and banking - 1886 - 722 pages
...according to a rate of exchange to be ascertained as directed by the bill 1. Where the sum payable is expressed in words and also in figures, and there...the sum denoted by the words is the amount payable 2. Where a bill is expressed to lie payable with interest, nnless the instrument otherwise provides,...
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The Code of Virginia: With the Declaration of Independence and the ...

Virginia - Law - 1899 - 724 pages
...there are omissions therein the following rules of construction apply: 1. Where the sum payable is expressed in words and also in figures and there is...between the two the sum denoted by the words is the sum payable; but if the words are ambiguous or uncertain references may be had to the figures to fix...
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