The "fake" Installment Business: Being an Outline of Its Development, an Account of the Revival of Imprisonment for Debt and of the Other Outrages Practiced by Dealers Under Cover of the Law, Together with Suggestions for the Destruction of the "fake" TradeUniversity Settlement Society, 1903 - Počet stran: 45 |
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Strana 9
... jewelry , at prices ranging from two to twenty times their value , the amount to be paid in small instalments . The dealers have arranged it so that the customers have skipped a payment ; then they have descended upon the luckless ...
... jewelry , at prices ranging from two to twenty times their value , the amount to be paid in small instalments . The dealers have arranged it so that the customers have skipped a payment ; then they have descended upon the luckless ...
Strana 10
... jewelry and all sorts of useless ornamental gewgaws and articles of luxury at absurdly high prices , usually to the lowest class of the immigrant population , largely the poorest and most ignorant Italians , together with the great ...
... jewelry and all sorts of useless ornamental gewgaws and articles of luxury at absurdly high prices , usually to the lowest class of the immigrant population , largely the poorest and most ignorant Italians , together with the great ...
Strana 14
... jewelry and all sorts of articles of adornment ; he may go abroad , and having seen Paris , he may die and be buried - all on the instalment plan . And all this is no mere pleasantry , but sober fact . By way of brief summary it may be ...
... jewelry and all sorts of articles of adornment ; he may go abroad , and having seen Paris , he may die and be buried - all on the instalment plan . And all this is no mere pleasantry , but sober fact . By way of brief summary it may be ...
Strana 18
... jewelry , ornamental wares , like vases and fancy clocks , photographs and other things equally useless to the purchasers . Nine - tenths of the cases of unfairness have to do with jewelry . The Legal Aid Society reports ninety per cent ...
... jewelry , ornamental wares , like vases and fancy clocks , photographs and other things equally useless to the purchasers . Nine - tenths of the cases of unfairness have to do with jewelry . The Legal Aid Society reports ninety per cent ...
Strana 19
... jewelry I have yet to find a case in which the agreed price was not from three to five times the true value of the article . This makes no account , of course , of the sale of absolutely worthless things , like the rings mentioned above ...
... jewelry I have yet to find a case in which the agreed price was not from three to five times the true value of the article . This makes no account , of course , of the sale of absolutely worthless things , like the rings mentioned above ...
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abolition abuses action agents amount attorney body execution books and pianos brought buyer cash cents a week cial city marshals corrupt customers debt debtor defendant dishonesty dollar a week East Side execution in instalment executions issued extortion fact fake Fifth District Court firm Fourth District Court fraudulent furnish furniture grade high-grade instalment business highwaymen honest house-furnishings ignorant illegitimate imprisonment injury injustice instalment contract instalment dealers instalment plan instalment sale instalment trade Italians jewelry judgment known large number Legal Aid Society legal process less responsible class low-grade business lower East Side Ludlow Street Jail Ludwin machine ment methods municipal courts ness number of dealers number of suits order of arrest peddler dealers perjury persons phonographs possible practically prisoners process of law proportion purchasers replevin Ringwalt sell serve sewing-machine shals small dealers social sold Stromberg summons tion watch whole number York York County
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Strana 45 - In an action for a fine or penalty, or for money or property embezzled, or fraudulently misapplied, or converted to his own use, by a public officer, or an officer of a corporation, or an attorney, factor, broker, agent, or clerk, in the course of his employment as such, or by any other person in a fiduciary capacity; or for misconduct or neglect in office, or in a professional employment, or for a willful violation of duty; 3.
Strana 45 - AN ACT to amend chapter five hundred and eighty of the laws of nineteen hundred and two, entitled "An act in relation to the municipal court of the city of New York, its officers and marshals,
Strana 45 - When the defendant has been guilty of a fraud in contracting the debt, or incurring the obligation for which the action is brought, or in concealing or disposing of the property for the taking, detention or conversion of which the action is brought, or when the action is brought to recover damages for fraud or deceit.
Strana 45 - ... 2. In an action for a fine or penalty, or for money or property embezzled, or fraudulently misapplied, or converted to his own use, by...
Strana 39 - ... shall have the right to redeem the same at any time within two years from the date of sale by paying...
Strana 45 - In an action for the recovery of damages, in a cause of action not arising on contract, when the defendant is not a resident of the county, or is about to remove therefrom, or when the action is for a willful injury to person or property.
Strana 45 - York, its officers and marshals," is hereby amended so as to read as follows : § 56. In what cases order of arrest to be granted. — An order to arrest the defendant must or may be granted, directed to any marshal of said city, in the following cases, but no female can be arrested except for a wilful injury to person or property : 1. In an action for the recovery of damages, in a cause of action not arising on contract, when the defendant is not a resident of the city of New York, or is about to...