...expect to find it in the Bills of Exchange Act, 1882. I am aware that s. 97 of that Act provides that " the rules of common law, including the law merchant,...to bills of exchange, promissory notes, and cheques "; but that provision cannot, in my judgment, refer to so far-reaching a principle as that it is the...

...1906, and the application to it of s. 91, sub-s. 2. The latter section provides that " the rules of the common law including the law merchant, save in so...provisions of this Act, shall continue to apply to contracts of marine insurance." In Bank of England v. Vagliano (1) Lord Herschell, in dealing with...

...(s. 97, sub-s. 2) providing that" the rules of common law, including the law merchant, save as in so far as they are inconsistent with the express provisions...bills of exchange, promissory notes, and cheques." Therefore, even if s. 72, sub-s. 2, does not govern the present case, I think the general principle...

...Stoppage in transitu is dealt with in the statute by ss. 44 to 48. By s. 61, sub-s. 2, the rules of the common law, including the law merchant, save in so...they are inconsistent with the express provisions of the Act, continue to be applicable to contracts for the sale of goods. By s. 48, sub-s. 1, it is provided...

...an Act to codify the law relating to Marine Insurance," but by s. 91, sub-s. 2, " The rules of the common law, including the law merchant, save in so...they are inconsistent with the express provisions (1)3 Bing. N. 0. per Lord Abinger (2) 9 East, 283. at p. 278. (3) 2 M. & S. 240. c. A. of this Act,...

...partial loss was recoverable from them. The code of 1906, however, by s. 91, sub-s. 2, preserves the common law including the law merchant save in so far as they are inconsistent with its express provisions, and as the code is silent as to what is to happen where the partial loss...

...of the Act, the rules of the common law are to continue to apply to contracts for the sale of goods, save in so far as they are inconsistent with the express provisions of the Act. It is not necessary to have recourse to this enactment, or to consider what the rights of...

...provisions of the statutes, relating to these documents, which are repealed by it. The rules of the common law, including the law merchant, save in so...they are inconsistent with the express provisions of the Act, continue in force, and will be applied in the determination of questions relating to bills...

...It is entitled " An Act to " codify the Law relating to the Sale of Goods." It says the rules of the common law, including the law merchant, save in so...inconsistent with the express provisions of this Act, and in particular the rules relating to the law of principal and agent, and the effect of fraud, misrepresentation,...

...anything in this Act savings, contained (2). (2.) The rules of Common Law, including the lawmerchant, save in so far as they are inconsistent with the express...(a) The provisions of the Stamp Act, 1870, or Acts 33 & 34 Viet, amending it, or any law or enactment for the time being in force relating to the revenue...