The name of a seller was printed on a bill of parcels but he in turn wrote on the contract the name of the purchaser.
Held: The seller had adopted the writing of his own name and a signature within the Statute of Frauds. The essential attributes of a signature are recognition and approval of the contents of the document; it does not necessarily need to be in manuscript form provided that the party adopts the printed name as his own.
Judges:
Lord Ellenborough CJ
Citations:
(1814) 2 MandS 286
Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Good Challenger Navegante S A v Metalexportimport SA CA 24-Nov-2003
The claimant sought to enforce an arbitration award made in 1983. Time might otherwise have expired, but the claimants relied on a fax which they said was an acknowledgement of the debt, and also upon a finding in a Romanian court which created an . .
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Updated: 07 December 2022; Ref: scu.188226