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... liable in general for all engage- Partners . ments entered into by their co - partners ; or , as Lord Kenyon has broadly expressed it , " one part- ner may pledge the credit of the firm to any ex- tent . " The rule holds equally in the ...
... liable in general for all engage- Partners . ments entered into by their co - partners ; or , as Lord Kenyon has broadly expressed it , " one part- ner may pledge the credit of the firm to any ex- tent . " The rule holds equally in the ...
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... liable for torts in general ( d ) , the plaintiff will not be permitted to bar the de- fendant of his plea of infancy , by converting into a tort the subject matter of an action which clearly arises out of a contract ( e ) . An infant ...
... liable for torts in general ( d ) , the plaintiff will not be permitted to bar the de- fendant of his plea of infancy , by converting into a tort the subject matter of an action which clearly arises out of a contract ( e ) . An infant ...
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... liable for livery furnished for his servant ; -Lord Kenyon , C. J. observed , that he could not say it was not necessary for a gentleman in defendant's situation to have a servant , and if it were proper , it was equally necessary that ...
... liable for livery furnished for his servant ; -Lord Kenyon , C. J. observed , that he could not say it was not necessary for a gentleman in defendant's situation to have a servant , and if it were proper , it was equally necessary that ...
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... liable for cockades ordered for the soldiers of his company ( ) ; and a lieutenant in the navy , not in commis- sion at the time , was decided not to be liable for the price of a chronometer sold to him by the plaintiff ( a ) . So ...
... liable for cockades ordered for the soldiers of his company ( ) ; and a lieutenant in the navy , not in commis- sion at the time , was decided not to be liable for the price of a chronometer sold to him by the plaintiff ( a ) . So ...
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... liable for money lent , though it be proved to have been expended in the purchase of necessaries ( o ) . ( j ) Whittingham v . Hill , Cro . Jac . 494 ; Dyer 104 , b . in mar . ; S. P. Whywall v . Champion , Str . 1083 ; Dilk v ...
... liable for money lent , though it be proved to have been expended in the purchase of necessaries ( o ) . ( j ) Whittingham v . Hill , Cro . Jac . 494 ; Dyer 104 , b . in mar . ; S. P. Whywall v . Champion , Str . 1083 ; Dilk v ...
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Page 46 - June no contract for the sale of any goods, wares or merchandise, for the price of ten pounds sterling or upwards, shall be allowed to be good, except the buyer shall accept part of the goods so sold, and actually receive the same...
Page 19 - That no action shall be maintained whereby to charge any person upon any promise made, after full age, to pay any debt contracted during infancy, or upon any ratification, after full age...
Page 373 - That no action shall be brought .... whereby to charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another person .... unless the agreement upon which such action shall be brought, or some memorandum or note thereof, shall be in writing, and signed by the party to be charged therewith, or some other person thereunto by him lawfully authorized.
Page 280 - ... at a rate not exceeding the current rate of interest from the time when such debts or sums certain were payable, if such debts or sums be payable by virtue of some written instrument at a certain time, or, if payable otherwise, then from the time when demand of payment shall have been made in writing, so as such demand shall give notice to the debtor that interest will be claimed from the date of such demand until the term of payment; provided that interest shall be payable in all cases in which...
Page 435 - In witness whereof the master or purser of the said ship hath affirmed to three bills of lading, all of this tenor and date, the one of which three bills being accomplished, the other two to stand void, and so God send the good ship to her desired port in safety. Amen.
Page 81 - That every contract made for or about any matter or thing which is prohibited and made unlawful by any statute is a void contract, though the statute itself doth not mention that it shall be so, but only inflicts a penalty on the offender, because a penalty implies a prohibition, though there are no prohibitory words in the statute...
Page 377 - ... except the buyer shall accept part of the goods so sold, and actually receive the same, or give something in earnest to bind the bargain, or in part...
Page 435 - Ship called the whereof is Master for this present Voyage and now riding at Anchor in the and bound for to say being marked and numbered as in the Margin, and are to be delivered in the like good order and well...
Page 281 - In every species of actions on contract, all matters in confession and avoidance, including not only those by way of discharge, but those which show the transaction to be either void or voidable in point of Law, on the ground of fraud or otherwise, shall be specially pleaded...
Page 277 - A factor is a person to whom goods are consigned for sale by a merchant residing abroad, or at a distance from the place of sale, and he usually sells in his own name, without disclosing that of his principal. The latter, therefore, with full knowledge of these circumstances, trusts him with the actual possession of the goods, and gives him authority to sell in his own name.