Invoice
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
An account of goods or merchandise sent by merchants to their correspondents at home or abroad, in which the marks of each package, with other particulars, are set forth. Marsh. Ins. 408; Dane, Abr. Index. An Invoice ought to contain a detailed statement, which should indicate the nature, quantity, -quality, and prices of the things sold, deposited, etc.; 1 Pard. n.
248. See Graham v. Ins. Co., 2 Wash. C. O. 113, Fed. Cas. No. 6,674; Field v. Moulson, 2 Wash. C. C. 155, Fed. Cas. No. 4,770.
Invoice carries no necessary implication of ownership, but accompanies goods consigned to a factor for sale, as well as in the case of a purchaser; Rolker v. Ins. Co., 4 Abb. App. Dec. (N. Y.) 76.
See Bill of Lading.
Invoice Price
The prime cost, or invoice of the cost.
Le Roy v. Ins. Co., 7 Johns. (N. Y.) 343.
An invoice is not evidence 'of a sale; it is a mere statement of the nature, quantity and cost or price of the things invoiced and is as appropriate to a bailment as to a sale; Dows V. Bank, 91 U. S. 618, 23 L. Ed. 214; In re Smith & Nixon Piano Co., 149 Fed. 113, 79 C. O. A. 53.