Where the sum payable is expressed in words and also in figures and there is a discrepancy between the two, the sum denoted by the words is the sum payable; but if the words are ambiguous or uncertain, reference may be had to the figures to fix the amount;... Trust Companies - Página 801922Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Delaware - 1911 - 862 páginas
...instrument is ambiguous or there are omissions therein, the following rules of construction apply : (1) Where the sum payable is expressed in words and also...reference may be had to the figures to fix the amount ; (2) Where the instrument provides for the payment of interest, without specifying the date from which... | |
| Joseph Doddridge Brannan - 1911 - 372 páginas
...instrument is ambiguous or there are omissions therein, the following rules of construction apply:— 1. Where the sum payable is expressed in words and also...uncertain, reference may be had to the figures to fix the amount;10 2. Where the instrument provides for the payment of interest, without specifying the date... | |
| 1922 - 498 páginas
...1913. part of the Negotiable Instruments Act. words expressing the sum payable prevail over figures, but. if the words are ambiguous or uncertain, reference may be had to the figures. In the note sued on, the words are badly written and spelled but they are not ambiguous or uncertain... | |
| Melville Madison Bigelow - 1928 - 682 páginas
...instrument is ambiguous or there are omissions therein, the following rules of construction apply : — 1. Where the sum payable is expressed in words and also...reference may be had to the figures to fix the amount ; 2. Where the instrument provides for the payment of interest, without specifying the date from which... | |
| American Bar Association - 1887 - 464 páginas
...rate of exchange or according to a rate of exchange to be ascertained as directed bv the bill. (2) Where the sum payable is expressed in words and also...between the two, the sum denoted by the words is the amount payable. the date of the bill, and if the bill is undated, from the issue thereof. Interest... | |
| 1928 - 970 páginas
...broader than that stated by the court herein as a general rule of bills and notes, and provides that, "where the sum payable is expressed in words and also...sum denoted by the words is the sum payable" ; but the remainder of the section, to wit, "Jbut if the words are ambiguous or uncertain, reference may... | |
| William Mack, William Benjamin Hale - 1916 - 1200 páginas
...follow the word "pay" in the instrument.50 The Negotiable Instruments Law expressly provides that, where the sum payable is expressed in words and also...uncertain, reference may be had to the figures to fix the amount.80 [} 252] 2. Certainty as to— a. General Eule.01 The amount of which payment is promised... | |
| New York (State) - 1917 - 224 páginas
...instrument is ambiguous, or there are omissions therein, the following rules of construction apply: 1. Where the sum payable is expressed in words and also...payable; but if the words are ambiguous or uncertain, references may be had to the figures to fix the amount ; § 37 Form and Interpretation L. 1909, ch.... | |
| Queensland - 1884 - 444 páginas
...rate of exchange, or according to a rate of exchange to be ascertained as directed by the bill. (2.) Where the sum payable is expressed in words and also...between the two, the sum denoted by the words is the amount payable. (3.) Where a bill is expressed to be payable, with interest, unless the instrument... | |
| Pennsylvania Bar Association - 1899 - 410 páginas
...instrument isambiguous, or there are omissions therein, the following rules of construction apply : 1. Where the sum payable is expressed in words and also...payable ; but if the words are ambiguous or uncertain, references may be had to the figures to fix the amount; 2. Where the instrument provides for the payment... | |
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