Odger's English Common Law

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Delivery of the goods 800
Acceptance of the goods by the buyer 802
Stoppage in transitu 804
Measure of damages in breach of a contract for sale of goods . 806
Chaptee X.
Negotiable Instruments 809—839
How negotiable instruments differ from other choses in action . 809
Bills of exchange 810
The holder in due course 814
The transfer of a bill to a third party .... 817—820
The liability of the signatories to a bill of exchange . . 820
An accommodation bill 822
The dishonour of a bill of exchange 824
Foreign distinguished from inland bills of exchange . 827
Cheques 827
Effect of crossing a cheque 828
Promissory notes 829
Bank notes 832
Defences in an action on a bill of exchange or promissory
note 833
Absence or illegality of consideration 833
Payment of a bill or note 834
Loss of a bill or note 834
Material alteration 835
Other facts which operate as a discharge of the defendant . 836
Other negotiable instruments 837
Chapter XL
Principal and Agent : Partnership .... 840—860
How the relationship of principal and agent may arise . . 840
Subsequent ratification is equivalent to a prior mandate . 842
Scope of an agent's authority 844
The remuneration of an agent 847
Secret commissions 848
Liability of an undisclosed principal 850
Various classes of agents
Determination of agency . . . . .
852
.855
Partnership
855
The rights of partners inter se 858
The authority of one partner to bind the- firm.... 858
Liability of a partner to third persons 859
Master and Servant
Definition of a servant
Chapter XII.
861—874
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861