A CODE OF CONTRACT LAW RELATING TO SALES OF GOODS OF THE VALUE OF £10 A HANDBOOK FOR THE USE OF PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS MEN. BY HENRY J. PARRINGTON, OF MIDDLESBROUGH, SOLICITOR. Cw.U.K.4 530 P261 LONDON: WATERLOW AND SONS LIMITED, LONDON WALL. PREFACE. A GLANCE at this little volume will inform the reader that it is not intended to be more than a sketch of the law relating to the subject with which it deals, its object being to shape the statutory law, and the results of the more modern decisions, into a few rules, embodying the principles of most practical application, followed by explanatory notes and references to cases; the whole designed, first, for the guidance of business men in making and performing contracts for the sale of goods; and secondly, as a sort of handy digest of recent decisions on the subject, for the use of professional men and students. As regards the first-named object: experience shows that mercantile contracts, involving large values, are frequently made in a way which lays them open to attack on legal points, and consequently much litigation has ensued on questions connected with their validity. When a man purchases real property he generally uses considerable deliberation, and the transaction is carried out under professional advice, and by carefully prepared legal documents; the exigence of commerce, as a rule, prohibits such a course of proceeding in making a contract for the sale and purchase of goods; promptitude is indispensable, and the |
