Section 8-9-1 Mortgage of personalty. Except as may be otherwise provided by Title 7 a mortgage of or security interest in personal property is not valid unless made in writing and subscribed by the mortgagor or debtor. (Code 1886, §1731; Code 1896, §2151; Code 1907, §4288; Code 1923, §8033; Code 1940, T. 20, §2.)
Section 8-9-10 Agreement in contract to forfeit right of action for not presenting damage claim void; exceptions. Any agreement, convenant, or stipulation in any contract, verbal or written, forfeiting any right of action for failure to present to the party liable a claim for damages, is void; but this section shall not prevent stipulations requiring […]
Section 8-9-11 Agreements to confess judgment, be sued in different venue or authorize another to confess judgment before commencement of action void; annulment of illegal judgments. All agreements, contracts, or stipulations to confess judgment in any of the courts of this state, to be sued in any county other than that fixed by the venue […]
Section 8-9-12 Realty conveyance wherein grantee agrees to support grantor during life voidable; exceptions. Any conveyance of realty wherein a material part of the consideration is the agreement of the grantee to support the grantor during life is void at the option of the grantor, except as to bona fide purchasers for value, lienees, and […]
Section 8-9-2 Certain agreements void unless in writing. In the following cases, every agreement is void unless such agreement or some note or memorandum thereof expressing the consideration is in writing and subscribed by the party to be charged therewith or some other person by him thereunto lawfully authorized in writing: (1) Every agreement which, […]
Section 8-9-3 Sufficiency of note of contract – Memorandum of auctioneer. When lands, tenements, or hereditaments are sold or leased at public auction and the auctioneer, his clerk or agent makes a memorandum of the property and the price thereof at which it is sold or leased, the terms of sale, the name of the […]
Section 8-9-4 Sufficiency of note of contract – Return or report of officer making judicial sale. When lands, tenements, or hereditaments are sold at judicial sale, the return or report of the officer making the sale, showing the names of the parties to the action or proceeding, a description of the property, the price at […]
Section 8-9-5 Representation or assurance of another’s credit to be in writing. No action can be maintained to charge any person, by reason of any representation or assurance made, concerning the character, conduct, ability, trade, or dealings of any other person, when such action is brought by the person to whom such representation or assurance […]
Section 8-9-8 When general assignment or conveyance of substantially all property by debtor inures to benefit of all creditors equally. (a) Every general assignment made by a debtor or a conveyance by a debtor of substantially all of his property subject to execution in payment of a prior debt by which a preference or priority […]
