Journal of the Institute of Bankers, Volume 11Institute of Bankers., 1890 - Banks and banking |
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Page 84 - A policy of insurance effected by any married man on his own life, and expressed upon the face of it to be for the benefit of his wife, or of his wife and children...
Page 582 - Every partner must account to the partnership for any benefit, and hold as trustee for it any profits derived by him without the consent of the other partners from any transaction connected with the formation, conduct, or liquidation of the partnership or from any use by him of its property.
Page 589 - ... shall have transferred to and vested in him all rights of suit, and be subject to the same liabilities in respect of such goods as if the contract contained in the bill of lading had been made with himself.
Page 583 - If entered into for a single adventure or undertaking, by the termination of that adventure or undertaking: (c) If entered into for an undefined time, by any partner giving notice to the other or others of his intention to dissolve the partnership.
Page 519 - With respect to every untrue statement purporting to be a statement made by an official person or contained in what purports to be a copy of or extract from a public official document...
Page 582 - A partner is NOT entitled before the ascertainment of profits to interest on the capital subscribed by him. (5) Every partner may take part in the management of the partnership business.
Page 592 - ... by a mercantile agent acting for him, of the goods or documents of title under any sale pledge or other disposition thereof to any person receiving the same in good faith and without notice of the previous sale shall have the same effect as if the person making the delivery or transfer were expressly authorized by the owner of the goods to make the same.
Page 95 - mercantile agent " shall mean a mercantile agent having in the customary course of his business as such agent authority either to sell goods, or to consign goods for the purpose of sale, or to buy goods, or to raise money on the security of goods...
Page 566 - ... and such declaration shall be left with the secretary, and thereupon he shall enter the name of the person entitled under such transmission in the register of shareholders...
Page 520 - Where the prospectus contains the name of a person as a director of the company, or as having agreed to become a director thereof, and he has not consented to become a director, or has withdrawn his consent before the issue of the prospectus, and has not...