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Page vii
... respective Rights and Obligations of Auctioneer and Purchaser towards each other , and of the Remedies to enforce the same . SECT . 1. Of the auctioneer's right of action to recover payment for goods sold .... 168 2. Of the vendee's ...
... respective Rights and Obligations of Auctioneer and Purchaser towards each other , and of the Remedies to enforce the same . SECT . 1. Of the auctioneer's right of action to recover payment for goods sold .... 168 2. Of the vendee's ...
Page 38
... parties had in their contemplation in the prior limitations of two , three , and four months , the same respective portions of time as in the ulti- mate limitation , which is calendar and not lunar months 38 CONDITIONS OF SALE .
... parties had in their contemplation in the prior limitations of two , three , and four months , the same respective portions of time as in the ulti- mate limitation , which is calendar and not lunar months 38 CONDITIONS OF SALE .
Page 42
... respectively be sold openly and publicly by inch of candle , upon their respective accounts , and not otherwise , upon pain that the same , or the value thereof , shall be for- feited and lost , to wit , one moiety thereof to His ...
... respectively be sold openly and publicly by inch of candle , upon their respective accounts , and not otherwise , upon pain that the same , or the value thereof , shall be for- feited and lost , to wit , one moiety thereof to His ...
Page 61
... respectively declared the highest bidders , in the order in which the same were respectively knocked down . The defendant was not present at the auction ; neither did he or Moss sign any agreement in writing , nor did the auctioneer ...
... respectively declared the highest bidders , in the order in which the same were respectively knocked down . The defendant was not present at the auction ; neither did he or Moss sign any agreement in writing , nor did the auctioneer ...
Page 70
... respectively , have been holden a sufficient com- pliance with the statute to render the contract of sale binding on each . All the great transactions of sale in this great city are so conducted , and stand on this foundation of ...
... respectively , have been holden a sufficient com- pliance with the statute to render the contract of sale binding on each . All the great transactions of sale in this great city are so conducted , and stand on this foundation of ...
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action brought acts of parliament aforesaid afterwards agent agreement Alliston assignees assumpsit auction duty auctioneer's authority back the deposit bankrupt behalf Bexwell bill buyer catalogue chaser chattels commissioners of excise conditions of sale contract conveyance Court court of equity declared defendant delivered enacted entitled to recover equity faithfully promised fendant hath held highest bidder horse land last mentioned lease liable licence Lord Ellenborough Lord Kenyon Lordship lot of pimento maintain an action ment merchandize messuage nonsuit notice office of excise opinion owner paid particular parties payment performed and fulfilled person plaintiff premises promise and undertaking public auction purchase money recover back refused respectively ring fence sale by auction SECT seller shew signed sold specific performance statute of frauds sum of money Term Rep thereof tion tioneer vendee vendor Vendor's Right verdict wares writing
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Page 54 - That no action shall be brought whereby to charge any person upon any agreement made upon consideration of marriage, or upon any contract or sale of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or any interest in or concerning them, 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 67 - June no contract for the sale of any goods, wares and merchandizes, 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, or give something in earnest to bind the bargain, or in part of payment, or that some note or memorandum in writing of the said bargain be made and signed by the parties to be charged by such contract, or their agents thereunto lawfully authorized.
Page 121 - We may lay it down as a broad general principle that wherever one of two innocent persons must suffer by the acts of a third, he who has enabled such third person to occasion the loss must sustain it
Page 31 - Every bidding is nothing more than an offer on one side, which is not binding on either side till it is assented to. But according to what is now contended for, one party would be bound by the offer, and the other not, which can never be allowed.
Page 62 - ... or upon any agreement that is not to be performed within the space of one year from the making thereof; unless the agreement upon which such action shall be brought, or some memorandum or note thereof, shall be in writing...
Page 73 - In order to satisfy the statute, there must be a delivery of the goods by the vendor, with an intention of vesting the right of possession in the vendee ; and there must be an actual acceptance by the latter, with an intention of taking to the possession as owner.
Page 80 - Agreement, or any minute or memorandum of an agreement, made in England or Ireland under hand only, or made in Scotland without any clause of registration, and not otherwise...
Page 67 - ... the buyer shall accept part of the goods or choses in action so contracted to be sold or sold, and actually receive the same, or give something in earnest to bind the contract, or in part payment, or unless some note or memorandum in writing of the contract or sale be signed by the party to be charged or his agent in that behalf.
Page 125 - A seller is unquestionably liable to an action of deceit, if he fraudulently represent the quality of the thing sold to be other than it is, in some particulars, which the buyer has not equal means with himself of knowing; or if he do so, in such a manner as to induce the buyer to forbear making the inquiries, which for his own security and advantage he would otherwise have made.
Page 251 - ... yet the defendant did not, nor would, when he was so requested as aforesaid, or at any time before or afterwards...