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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
WARES, AND MERCHANDISE. A phrase used in the statute of frauds, covering, generally, all classes of personal property. Fixtures do not come within it.
1 Cromp., M. & R. 275; 3 Tyrwh. 959; 1 Tyrwh. & G. 4.
Growing crops of potatoes, corn, turnips, and other annual crops, are within it.
8 Dowl. & R. 314; 10 Barn. & C. 446; 4 Mees. & W. 347. Per contra, 2 Taunt. 38. See Add. Cont. 31, 32; 2 Dana (Ky.) 206; 2 Rawle (Pa.) 161; 5 Barn. & C. 829; 10 Adol. & E. 753. See, generally, 118 Mass. 285; 20 Mich. 357.
Promissory notes and shares in an incorporated company, and, in some cases, money and bank notes, have been held within it.
See 2 Pars. Cont. 330-332.