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Page 31 - in good faith" within the meaning of this act, when it is in fact done honestly whether it be done negligently or not.
Page 24 - If goods are delivered to a warehouseman by the owner or by a person whose act in conveying the title to them to a purchaser in good faith for value would bind the owner...
Page 31 - In any case not provided for in this Act, the rules of law and equity, including the law merchant...
Page 27 - After goods have been lawfully sold to satisfy a warehouseman's lien, or have been lawfully sold or disposed of because of their perishable or hazardous nature, the warehouseman shall not thereafter be liable for failure to deliver the goods to the depositor, or owner of the goods, or to a holder of the receipt given for the goods when they were deposited even if such receipt be negotiable.
Page 514 - If it be labeled or branded so as to deceive or mislead the purchaser, or purport to be a foreign product when not so, or if the contents of the package as originally put up shall have been removed, in whole or in part, and other contents shall have been placed in such package...
Page 28 - ... had or had ability to convey to a purchaser in good faith for value, and also such title to the goods as the...
Page 132 - SCHEDULE That no inconvenience may arise from the changes in the constitution of this state, and in order to carry the same into complete operation, it is hereby declared that SECTION 1.
Page 20 - A non-negotiable receipt shall have plainly placed upon its face by the warehouseman issuing it "non-negotiable." or "not negotiable." In case of the warehouseman's failure so to do. a holder of the receipt who purchased it for value supposing it to be negotiable, may, at his option, treat such receipt as imposing upon the warehouseman the same liabilities he would have incurred had the receipt been negotiable. This section shall not apply, however, to letters, memoranda, or written acknowledgments...
Page 29 - That he has a legal right to negotiate or transfer it; (c) That he has knowledge of no fact which would impair the validity or worth of the document, and (d) That he has a right to transfer the title to the goods and that the...
Page 27 - A negotiable receipt may be negotiated by delivery (a) where by the terms of the receipt, the warehouseman undertakes to deliver the goods to the bearer, or (b) where, by the terms of the receipt, the warehouseman undertakes to deliver the goods to the order of a specified person, and such person or a subsequent indorsee of the receipt has indorsed it in blank or to bearer.

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