Harris v Nickerson
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Year | 1865 |
| Date | 1865 |
| Court | Court of the Queen's Bench |
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8 cases
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Adferiad Recovery Ltd v Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
...is one of the fairly rare exceptions to the general rule expounded in the leading cases of Spencer v Harding (1870) L.R. 5 C.P. 561 and Harris v Nickerson (1873) L.R. 8 Q.B. 286. I therefore agree that in all the circumstances of this case there was an intention to create binding legal obl......
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Barry v Davies (t/a Heathcote Ball & Co) and Others
...for breach of warranty of authority. Moreover it was in fact clear in Warlow's case that the auctioneer was selling as an agent. 22 In Harris v Nickerson [1873] LR 8 QB 286 CA the Defendant an auctioneer, advertised a sale by auction of certain lots including office furniture on a certain d......
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Blackpool and Fylde Aero Club Ltd v Blackpool Borough Council
...chose to accept any tender or other offer. For these propositions reliance was placed on Spencer v Harding (1870) LR 5 CP 561 and Harris v Nickerson (1873) LR 8 QB 18Secondly, Mr. Toulson submitted that on a reasonable reading of this invitation to tender the Council could not be understoo......
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Neugebauer & Co Ltd v Hermann
...and a completed contract ensued. See Warlow v Harrison (29 L.J., Q.B. 14, 120 E.R., 925, 1 Ellis and Ellis 309); Harrison v Nickerson (L.R. 8 Q B. 286); Johnston v Boyes (supra); Rainbow v Howkins (1904 2 K.B. 322); McManus v Fortescue (1907, 2 K.B. 1); Benjamin on Sale (5th ed., p. 483); M......
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Offer and Acceptance
...that the auctioneer’s receipt of a higher bid constitutes an implied rejection of the previous highest bid. 54 Harris v Nickerson (1873), LR 8 QB 286 [ Harris ]. 55 See Barry v Davies , [2000] 1 WLR 1962 (CA), confirming dicta to the same effect in the much earlier authority, Warlow v Harr......