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Mercantile Law Amendment Act 1856
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IXLimitation of Actions for " Merchants' Accounts ".
All Actions of Account or for not accounting, and Suits for such Accounts, as concern the Trade of Merchandise between Merchant and Merchant, their Factors or Servants, shall be commenced and sued within Six Years after the Cause of such Actions or Suits, or when such Cause has already arisen then within Six Years after the passing of this Act; and no Claim in respect of a Matter which arose more than Six Years before the Commencement of such Action or Suit shall be enforceable by Action or Suit by reason only of some other Matter of Claim comprised in the same Account having arisen within Six Years next before the Commencement of such Action or Suit.
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