The Laws of Wisconsin

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Atwood & Culver, 1917 - Session laws
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Page 63 - An act to enable the State of Arkansas and other States to reclaim the 'swamp lands
Page 649 - One member of said board shall be appointed for one year, one for two years, one for three years, one for four years, and one for five years.
Page 345 - Where a person having bought or agreed to buy goods obtains with the consent of the seller possession of the goods or the documents of title to the goods the delivery or transfer by that person or by a mercantile agent acting for him of the goods or documents of title under any sale, pledge or other disposition thereof to any person receiving the same in good faith and without notice of...
Page 346 - That where an order bill has been issued for goods no seller's lien or right of stoppage in transitu...
Page 348 - In any case not provided for in this act, the rules of law and equity, including the law merchant, and in particular the rules relating to the law of principal and agent and to the effect of fraud, misrepresentation, duress or coercion, mistake, bankruptcy, or other invalidating cause, shall govern.
Page 343 - A person to whom a bill has been transferred but not negotiated acquires thereby as against the transferor, the title to the goods, subject to the terms of any agreement with the transferor.
Page 336 - Where the holder of an instrument payable to his order transfers it for value without indorsing it, the transfer vests in the transferee such title as the transferor had therein, and the transferee acquires, in addition, the right to have the indorsement of the transferor.
Page 348 - Person" includes a corporation or partnership or two or more persons having a joint or common interest. To "purchase" includes to take as mortgagee or as pledgee.
Page 338 - ... (c) A readiness and willingness to sign, when the goods are delivered, an acknowledgment that they have been delivered, if such signature is requested by the carrier.
Page 555 - One of the original members shall be appointed for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, one for a term of three years...

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