 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  Journal of the Institute of Bankers - Page 197by Institute of Bankers (Great Britain) - 1882Full view - About this book
 | Wisconsin - 1899 - 88 pages
...instrument is ambiguous, or 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 a discrepancy between the two, the sum denoted by the words is the sum payable; but if the words are ambiguous or... | |
 | Melville Madison Bigelow - Checks - 1900 - 396 pages
...instrument is ambiguous, or 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 a discrepancy between the two, the sum denoted by the words is the sum payable ; but if the words are ambiguous or... | |
 | New York (State) - Law - 1900 - 862 pages
...instrument is ambiguous, or 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 a discrepancy between the two, the sum denoted by the words is the sum payable ; but if the words are ambiguous or... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1908 - 796 pages
...the rule of commercial construction (now incorporated in the Bills of Exchange Act, sec. 28), that "where the sum payable is expressed in wor,ds and also in figures, and there is a discrepancy between the two, the words prevail," and that consequently, where an acceptance blank in the body of... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Laws, statutes, etc - Law - 1901 - 1022 pages
...instrument is ambiguous or 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 a discrepancy between the two, the sum denoted by the words is the sum payable; but if the words are ambiguous or... | |
 | H. V. Edwards - Law - 1901 - 330 pages
...note. DISCREPANCY BETWEEN SUM EXPRESSED IN WORDS AND THAT IN FIGURES. If the sum payable by a bill is expressed in words and also in figures, and there is a discrepancy between the two, the sum denoted by the words is the amount payable. WHEN A BILL IS PAYABLE ON DEMAND.... | |
 | Ohio - Session laws - 1902 - 1050 pages
...instrument is ambiguous or 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 a discrepancy between the two, the sum denoted by the words is the sum payable ; but if the words are ambiguous or... | |
 | John Jay Crawford - Negotiable instruments - 1902 - 220 pages
...instrument is ambiguous, or 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 a discrepancy between the two, the sum denoted by the words is the sum payable; but if the words are ambiguous or... | |
 | Ohio - Session laws - 1902 - 1048 pages
...mem'is"™^1' uous or there are omissions therein, the following rules of •'"B"0"8construction apply : 1. 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... | |
 | Scotland - Law - 1900 - 594 pages
...rate of exchange or 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 is a discrepancy between the two, the sum denoted by the words is the amount payable. (3.) Where a bill is expressed... | |
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