A Treatise on the Law of Auctions, with an Appendix of Precedents |
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... seller was called auctor , and the bidders sectores . They signified their biddings by lifting up their fingers , and the highest bidder became the pur- chaser . About the forum , were a number of silversmiths ' or rather bankers ...
... seller was called auctor , and the bidders sectores . They signified their biddings by lifting up their fingers , and the highest bidder became the pur- chaser . About the forum , were a number of silversmiths ' or rather bankers ...
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... seller by knocking down the hammer , which was not done here till the defendant had retracted . An auction is not unaptly called locus penitentiæ . Every bidding is nothing more than an offer on one side , which is not binding on either ...
... seller by knocking down the hammer , which was not done here till the defendant had retracted . An auction is not unaptly called locus penitentiæ . Every bidding is nothing more than an offer on one side , which is not binding on either ...
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... seller was bound to deliver them at the first or any moment of the fourteen days ; it was impossible that the seller should have till the last moment of the fourteen days for delivery , since the purchaser , upon not taking the goods ...
... seller was bound to deliver them at the first or any moment of the fourteen days ; it was impossible that the seller should have till the last moment of the fourteen days for delivery , since the purchaser , upon not taking the goods ...
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... seller by auc- tion , or person acting as auctioneer at any sales by way of auction , from making it a condition of sale , that the pound rate granted by this act , or any certain portion thereof , shall be paid by the pur- chaser ...
... seller by auc- tion , or person acting as auctioneer at any sales by way of auction , from making it a condition of sale , that the pound rate granted by this act , or any certain portion thereof , shall be paid by the pur- chaser ...
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... . But there would be an end of that if the owner might privately bid upon his own goods . There is no contract with the auc- tioneer . He is only an agent between the buyer and seller . He may fairly bid for a third 46 BIDDINGS .
... . But there would be an end of that if the owner might privately bid upon his own goods . There is no contract with the auc- tioneer . He is only an agent between the buyer and seller . He may fairly bid for a third 46 BIDDINGS .
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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...