The Elements of Business Law: With Illustrative Examples and Problems |
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acceptance action agent agreement agrees amount assignment authority bailee bailment bailor bank bill of exchange bill of lading binding bond bound breach of contract buyer carrier certificate chattel common law consideration corporation creditors damages debt debtor deliver delivery deposit discharge dishonored dollars drawee drawer enforce equity courts estates in land Examples executor fixed give guarantor guaranty holder in due horse illegal indorser injured insolvent insurable interest John Doe land lease liable loss maker ment mortgage negligence negotiable instruments notice obligation offer owner paid partner partnership party payable payment performance personal property personalty possession presentment principal Problem promise to pay promissory note purchase real property receive recover refuses rule seal sell seller specified Statute of Frauds stockholders sues tenant third person tort transfer undisclosed principal unless warranty wheat writing York
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Page 220 - ... giving and granting unto my said attorney full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully, to all intents and purposes, as I might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution and revocation; hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said attorney or his substitute shall lawfully do, or cause to be done, by virtue hereof.
Page 290 - In the name of God, Amen : I, Sarah M. Cottrell, of the Town of Scott in the County of Cortland and State of New York, being of sound mind and memory, do make, publish, and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner following, that is to say: First — I direct that all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid.
Page 174 - A bill of exchange is an unconditional order in writing, addressed by one person to another, signed by the person giving it, requiring the person to whom it is addressed to pay on demand, or at a fixed or determinable future time, a sum certain in money to, or to the order of a specified person, or to bearer.
Page 61 - Any natural person, except a wage-earner or a person engaged chiefly in farming or the tillage of the soil, any unincorporated company, and any corporation engaged principally in manufacturing, trading, printing, publishing, or mercantile pursuits, owing debts to the amount of one thousand dollars or over, may be adjudged an involuntary bankrupt upon default or an impartial trial, and shall be subject to the provisions and entitled to the benefits of this act.
Page 121 - ... at which there is no regularly appointed freight agent shall be entirely at risk of owner after unloaded from cars or vessels or until loaded into cars or vessels, and...
Page 61 - ... admitted in writing his inability to pay his debts and his willingness to be adjudged a bankrupt on that ground.
Page 83 - Where the goods are bought by description from a seller who deals in goods of that description whether he be the grower or manufacturer or not, there is an implied warranty that the goods shall be of merchantable quality.
Page 121 - any cause or wheresoever occurring, by barratry of the master or crew, by enemies, pirates...
Page 292 - WITNESSETH that the said parties of the first part for the better securing the payment of the said sum of money mentioned in the condition of the said bond or obligation, with interest thereon...
Page 121 - The owner or consignee shall pay the freight and all other lawful charges accruing on said property, and, if required, shall pay the same before delivery. If upon inspection it is ascertained that the articles shipped are not those described in this bill of lading, the freight charges must be paid upon the articles actually shipped.