 | 1883 - 908 էջ
...not done here until the defendant had retracted. An auction is not inaptly called locus paenitentiae. Every bidding is nothing more than an offer on one...not binding on either side till it is assented to. But, according to what is now contended for, one party would be bound by the offer, and the other not,... | |
 | 1884 - 652 էջ
...not inaptly called locus pcenitentice. Every bidding is nothing more (a) 3 TR 148. VOL. Iv. CLT 88 than an offer on one side, which is not binding on either side till it is assented to. But according to what is now contended for, one party would be bound by the offer, and the other not,... | |
 | Quebec (Province) - 1885 - 816 էջ
...Hanson v. Roberdeau, Peake Cas. 120. A bidding at an auction may be retracted before Ihe hammer is down. Every bidding is nothing more than an offer on one side, which is not binding on either side until it is assented to, and that assent is signified on the part of the seller by knocking down the... | |
 | Thomas Erskine Holland - 1886 - 402 էջ
...auction is not bound till the hammer has fallen. ' An auction is not inaptly called a locus poeuUtnitiae. Every bidding is nothing more than an offer on one side, which is not binding on the other side till it is assented to 4. Several subordinate questions arise with reference to this... | |
 | John Innes Clark Hare - 1887 - 728 էջ
...bid. In Payne v. Cave, Buller, J., said : " An auction is not inaptly called a locus penitentice." Every bidding is nothing more than an offer on one...not binding on either side till it is assented to ; but according to what is now contended for, one party would be bound by the offer and the other not,... | |
 | Judah Philip Benjamin - 1888 - 810 էջ
...bidder at an auction may retract his bidding any time before the hammer is down ; and per curiam, " Every bidding is nothing more than an offer on one...not binding on either side till it is assented to. But, according to what is now contended for, one party would be bound by the offer, and the other not,... | |
 | Thomas Erskine Holland - 1888 - 448 էջ
...in English law, see infra, p. 229, n. CHAP. xn. auction is not inaptly called a locus poenitentiae. Every bidding is nothing more than an offer on one side, which is not binding on the other side till it is assented to \ Several subordinate questions arise •with reference to this... | |
 | James Cockcroft, David Shephard Garland, Lucius Polk McGehee, Charles Porterfield - 1897 - 1218 էջ
...not done here till the defendant had retracted. An auction is not unaptly called locus pcenitentia Every bidding is nothing more than an offer on one...not binding on either side till it is assented to. But according to what is now contended for, one party would be bound by the offer, and the other not,... | |
 | 1898 - 1248 էջ
...mode of declaring the sale complete. Batcm. Auct. (5th Ed.) 164; Squibb, Auct. 43; 2 Llverm. Ag. 333. Every bidding is nothing more than an offer on one...not binding on either side till It is assented to. There is no showing that the alleged sale was ever assented to by these demurring defendants. This... | |
 | Wisconsin. Supreme Court, Frederic King Conover, Frederick William Arthur, Frederick C. Seibold, Arnold LeBell - 1898 - 804 էջ
...sale complete. Bateman, Auctions (5th ed.), 164; Squibbs, Auctioneers, 43; 2 Livermore, Agency, 333. Every bidding is nothing more than an offer on one...not binding on either side till it is assented to. There is no showing that the alleged sale was ever assented to by these demurring defendants. This... | |
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Every bidding is nothing more than an offer on one side, which is not binding on either side till it is assented to. But according to what is now contended for, one party would be bound by the offer, and the other not, which can never be allowed. 
