CASES CITED. (A reference to all the Reports will be found under each citation.) BABCOCK V. Lawson, 74 Barr v. Gibson, 36, 40 Bloxam v. Saunders, 80, 81, 82, 101, Boorman v. Nash, 128, 133 Bowlby v. Bell, 20 Boydell v. Drummond, 19 Bradford v. Williams, 31 Brady v. Oastler, 132 Browne v. Hare, 63, 66 Burnby v. Bollett, 40 Bute v. Thompson, 21 Buxton v. Rust, 19 Cazet de la Borde v. Othon, 137 Cusack v. Robinson, 18, 91 Bradley v. Holdsworth, 20 DALE v. Humfrey, 19 GABARRON v. Kreeft, 65 Gilmour v. Supple, 55, 56 Godts v. Rose, 18, 52, 53, 64, 66, 84 Greaves v. Ashlin, 98 Grébert-Borgnis v. Nugent, 130, 135, 140 Green v. Baverstock, 144 Grice v. Richardson, 105, 106 Gunn v. Bolckow, Vaughan & Co., 7, 100 HADLEY v. Baxendale, 128, 130, 132 Hall v. Conder, 35 Hammond v. Bussey, 130 Harnor v. Groves, 95 Hastie v. Couturier, 20 Head v. Tattersall, 25, 59, 67 Heilbutt v. Hickson, 13, 32, 50, 94, 95, 96, 138 Heseltine v. Siggers, 20 Hewison v. Guthrie, 108 Heyworth v. Hutchinson, 32, 48, 138 Howell v. Coupland, 22, 25 Hydraulic Eng. Co. v. M'Haffie, 134, 135, 140 Laing v. Fidgeon, 42, 44 Lickbarrow v. Mason, 109, 118 Lucy v. Mouflet, 97 Lyons v. Hoffnung, 109, 112 Paliner v. Johnson, 5 Parker v. Gossage, 150 Parkinson v. Lee, 42, 49, 51 Pawle v. Gunn, 20 Payne v. Cave, 143 THE SALE OF GOODS ACT, 1893 INTRODUCTION. THE Sale of Goods Act, which after some five years has at last been added to the statute book, marks an important step towards the codification of that part of the common law which deals with and regulates mercantile transactions. Originally introduced by Lord Herschell about 1888, it has been before the Legislature on some three or four occasions, and though it has been from time to time altered and amended, it remains still what it originally professed to be, a substantially complete declaration of the existing law, and of the existing customs which have been formally recognized by judicial decisions, relating to the sale of goods, wares, and merchandise. The Act itself closely follows the lines upon which the Bills of Exchange Act, 1882, was framed. The Bills of Exchange Act codified and declared the statute and case law relating to bills N.S.G. B |