 | Humphry William Woolrych - Commercial law - 1829 - 616 pages
...that a man who puts his name to a bill of exchange thereby makes himself personally liable, unless he states upon the face of the bill that he subscribes it for another, or by pro•uration of another. 5 Maule & Selwyn, 345, Ltadbitter v. Farrow. (r) And of every contract... | |
 | Henry Roscoe - Bills of exchange - 1829 - 532 pages
...that a man who puts his name to a bill of exchange thereby makes himself personally liable, unless he states upon the face of the bill that he subscribes it for another, or by procuration of another, which are words of exclusion. Per Lord Ellenborough, Leadbitter v. Farrow,... | |
 | Francis Stack Murphy, Edwin Tyrrell Hurlstone, Great Britain. Court of Exchequer - Law reports, digests, etc - 1838 - 416 pages
...universal rule, that a man who puts his name to a bill of exchange, makes himself personally liable, unless he states, upon the face of the bill, that he subscribes it for another. In the present case, the defendant has drawn and indorsed the bill in the name of the firm, and the... | |
 | Arkansas. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1841 - 662 pages
...that a man who puts his name to a bill of exchange, thereby makes himself personally liable, unless he states upon the face of the bill that he subscribes it for another, or by procuration of another, which are the words of exclusion. Unless he says plainly, "/ am the mere... | |
 | Charles Greenstreet Addison - Contracts - 1847 - 988 pages
...that a man who puts his name to a bill of exchange thereby makes himself personally liable, unless he states upon the face of the bill that he subscribes it for another, or by procuration of another, and says plainly, ' I am the mere scribe.' " (»') Thus when a bill of... | |
 | Charles Manley Smith - Labor laws and legislation - 1852 - 638 pages
...that a man, who puts his name to a bill of exchange, thereby makes himself personally liable, unless he states, upon the face of the bill, that he subscribes it for another, or by procuration of another, which are words of exclusion? Unless he says plainly ' I am the mere... | |
 | John Barnard Byles - Bills of exchange - 1856 - 684 pages
...expressly state in writing his ministerial character; "unless," to use the words of Lord Ellenborough,(a) " he states upon the face of the bill that he subscribes...drew the following bill, " Pay to the order of AB 50Z., value received, which place to the account of the Durham Bank, as advised," and subscribed his... | |
 | Edwin Tyrrell Hurlstone, John Paxton Norman - Law reports, digests, etc - 1859 - 982 pages
...that a man who puts his name to a bill of exchange thereby makes himself personally liable, unless he states upon the face of the bill that he subscribes it for another, or by procuration of another, which are words of exclusion ? Unless he says plainly ' I am the mere... | |
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Is it not a universal rule that a man who puts his name to a bill of exchange thereby makes himself personally liable, unless he states upon the face of the bill that he subscribes it for another, or by procuration of another, which are words of exclusion?... 
