 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  Journal of the Institute of Bankers - Page 201by Institute of Bankers (Great Britain) - 1882Full view - About this book
 | Delaware - 1911 - 862 pages
...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 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... | |
 | District of Columbia - 1911 - 552 pages
...instrument is ambiguous, or there are omissions therein, the following rules of construction apply : First. Where the sum payable is expressed in words and also in figures and tnere is a discrepancy between the two, the sum denoted by the words is the sum payable; but if the... | |
 | United States. War Department - 1912 - 810 pages
...instrument is ambiguous or there are omissions therein, the f ollowing rules of construction apply : (a) 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... | |
 | United States. War Department - 1912 - 814 pages
...instrument is ambiguous or there are omissions therein, the following rules of construction apply: (a) 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... | |
 | Charles Erehart Chadman - 1912 - 666 pages
...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 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... | |
 | United States. Delegation to the International conference on bills of exchange, The Hague, 1912, United States. Delegation to the International Conference on Bills of Exchange, 1912, Hague, Netherlands - 1913 - 480 pages
...it is payable only at that branch, and not at any other branch. (6) Where the sum payable by check is expressed in words and also in figures, and there is a discrepancy, the sum denoted by the words is the sum payable. (Bills of exchange act, sec. 9 (2).) If the sum payable is expressed more than... | |
 | 1913 - 480 pages
...it is payable only at that branch, and not at any other branch. (b) Where the sum payable by check is expressed in words and also in figures, and there is a discrepancy, the sum denoted by the words is the sum payable. (Bills of exchange act, sec. 9 (2).) If the sum payable is expressed more than... | |
 | South Dakota - 1913 - 804 pages
...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 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... | |
 | William Frederick Elliott - 1913 - 1180 pages
...Bull v. First Nat. Bank, 584, 45 Am. Rep. 750; Matthews v. 597 THE CONTRACT. struction apply : ( i ) 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... | |
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