Business Law for Business Men, State of California: A Reference Book Showing the Laws of California for Daily Use in Business Affairs

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A.J. Bledsoe, 1923 - 1172 pages

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Contents

Must Not Mix Goods with Anothers
142
Leases of Real Estate
160
When Lessee May Make Repairs
166
DEEDS
178
Form of Warranty Deed
184
Quitclaim Deed
196
EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE
203
Child Labor
210
i Report by Authority Issuing Permits
216
Foundry and Metal Shops
224
PART I
226
Agents Delegation of His Power
232
Collections by Traveling Agent
237
223
241
Limitation of Authority
244
Liability of Owner to Auctioneer 277
253
What Included in Authority To Sell Personal Prop
267
Misrepresentation by Owner
276
Agents Mistake as to Title
278
Agreement Between Agents To Cooperate in Selling
284
Personal Property Brokers
285
Authority To Sell on Credit
290
Insurable Interest
294
Insurance by Commission MerchantIncorrect
304
Liability of Heir for Premium
314
Oral Promise of Policy
320
LIFE INSURANCE
324
Place of Contract
330
ACCIDENT INSURANCE
335
Definition of Marine Insurance
340
General Average
349
BUILDING CONTRACTS
356
Reference to Plans and Specifications in Contract
362
Acceptance by Agent
363
ARCHITECTS
368
Part of Lot To Be Left Unoccupied 392
369
Protection of Workmen
370
State Housing Law
372
Reconstruction of Building Damaged by Fire
375
Certificate of Completion
379
Rear Yard
393
Distance Between Buildings on One Lot
396
Recesses and Intakes
400
Running Water
415
Elevator or Dumbwaiter Shafts
429
Ventilation
430
Garbage Receptacles
443
Lights
449
Claim of Lien
456
DwellingHouseLand Subject to Lien
468
Form of Notice to Owner of Agreement To Furnish
475
Form of Notice of Claim Against Public Improve
482
Land Subject to Lien 455
489
Architects Certificate as to Liens
492
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
498
PARTNERSHIP
499
Authority of Individual Partner
505
Land Sold for Taxes Incumbered by Trust Deed
561
PART III
564
Acceptance
570
Acceptance for Honor
576
Nature of Bank Checks
580
PART IV
588
The Policy 340
593
Section 707Collection of Accounts When Books Are Lost
594
Attachments Judgments and Executions
664
Attachment of Partnership Property
670
1 Holder of Lien or Mortgage May Purchase
676
Time Within Which Execution May Issue
677
Interest on Legacies
678
Restriction on Devise for Charitable Uses
685
PART VIII
691
Ratification of Unauthorized Employment by Cor
696
Amendment of Articles of Incorporation
698
Amount of Subscribed Capital To Be Paid In
706
Special Administrator
729
Advertising by Bank 850
794
Conduct of Business in Unsafe Manner 865
815
Estate Moneys 860
829
List of Stockholders
853
United States Laws
888
When First Work Must Be Done
900
Working Mine on Shares
918
Estates of Deceased Persons
945
Accounts of Executors and Administrators 974
959
ministrator
964
When Claimant Cannot Be Found
971
Claims Paid Without Vouchers
980
Automobile Law of California
990
Restrictions as to Tire Equipment 1026
996
Registration by Manufacturers and Dealers
1002
Records To Be Kept by Public Garage
1009
Authority of Local Bodies To Regulate Weight
1024
Signals on Turning 1049
1027
Brakes and Horns
1030
Bicycle Lamps
1038
Spotlights
1039
Duty To Report Accident
1055
Speed Traps
1061
PART XΙΙΙ
1076
Extent of This Subject
1083
PART XIV
1089
GUARANTY OF ACCOUNTS
1095
PART XVI
1127
Official Maps of City Lots or Blocks 1148
1132
Arbitrary Assessments
1136
Statement by Tax Collector
1138
Cemetery Lands Exempt from Taxation
1142
Undistributed Property of Deceased Person
1146
County Board of Equalization
1148
Water Ditches
1152
When Former Owners May Redeem Lands Sold
1164
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Page 634 - But where the instrument is in the hands of a holder in due course, a valid delivery thereof by all parties prior to him so as to make them liable to him is conclusively presumed.
Page 570 - Where the bill is payable after sight, or in any other case, where presentment for acceptance is necessary in, order to fix the maturity of the instrument; or 2. Where the bill expressly stipulates that it shall be presented for acceptance ; or 3. Where the bill is drawn payable elsewhere than at the residence or place of business of the drawee.
Page 571 - Where the holder of a bill drawn payable elsewhere than at the place of business or the residence of the drawee has not time with the exercise of reasonable diligence to present the bill for acceptance before presenting it for payment on the day that it falls due, the delay caused by presenting the bill for acceptance before presenting it for payment is excused, and does not discharge the drawers and indorsers.
Page 620 - A special indorsement specifies the person to whom, or to whose order, the instrument is to be payable; and the indorsement of such indorsee is necessary to the further negotiation of the instrument. An indorsement in blank specifies no indorsee, and an instrument so indorsed is payable to bearer, and may be negotiated by delivery.
Page 634 - ... may be shown to have been conditional, or for a special purpose only, and not for the purpose of transferring the property in the instrument.
Page 756 - ... to cumulate said shares, and give one candidate as many votes as the number of directors multiplied by the number of his shares of stock shall equal, or to distribute them on the same principle among as many candidates as he shall think fit; and such directors or managers shall not be elected in any other manner.
Page 903 - A patent for any land claimed and located for valuable deposits may be obtained in the following manner: Any person, association, or corporation authorized to locate a claim under this chapter, having claimed and located a piece of land for such purposes, who has, or have, complied with the terms of this chapter, may file in the proper land-office an application for a patent, under oath, showing such compliance...
Page 551 - 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 568 - The acceptance of a bill is the signification by the drawee of his assent to the order of the drawer. The acceptance must be in writing and signed by the drawee. It must not express that the drawee will perform his promise by any other means than the payment of money.
Page 678 - All other property acquired after marriage by either husband or wife, or both, including real property situated in this state, and personal property wherever situated, heretofore or hereafter acquired while domiciled elsewhere, which would not have been the separate property of either if acquired while domiciled in this state, is community property...

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