Report of Cases in Chancery: Argued and Determined in the Rolls Court During the Time of Lord Landale, Master of the Rolls, 1838-1866, 35. köideSaunders and Benning, 1868 |
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... March , 1842 , Mr. Jeffkins ( a stranger to Mrs. Barton ) agreed to become the purchaser of a contingent reversionary sum of 5,000l . Consols ( part of the money in Court ) and some interest for 7501. Accord- ingly , by an indenture ...
... March , 1842 , Mr. Jeffkins ( a stranger to Mrs. Barton ) agreed to become the purchaser of a contingent reversionary sum of 5,000l . Consols ( part of the money in Court ) and some interest for 7501. Accord- ingly , by an indenture ...
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... March , 1842 , on the ground that it was a sale of a reversion for an inadequate con- sideration , Mrs. Moorhouse died the 23rd September , 1864 , with- out issue . Evidence was entered into as to the value of the reversion , the effect ...
... March , 1842 , on the ground that it was a sale of a reversion for an inadequate con- sideration , Mrs. Moorhouse died the 23rd September , 1864 , with- out issue . Evidence was entered into as to the value of the reversion , the effect ...
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... March , 1842 , that is to say , more than twenty - two years before . The first question to consider is , whether a fair marketable price , the utmost that could be obtained , was given for it - whether , in point of fact , the full ...
... March , 1842 , that is to say , more than twenty - two years before . The first question to consider is , whether a fair marketable price , the utmost that could be obtained , was given for it - whether , in point of fact , the full ...
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... March , 1864 , against William Griffiths and the son's children , to have the deed of 1853 set aside on the ground of fraud . The bill proceeded on the ground that Mary Lloyd intended to sell the rent - charge during her life only ...
... March , 1864 , against William Griffiths and the son's children , to have the deed of 1853 set aside on the ground of fraud . The bill proceeded on the ground that Mary Lloyd intended to sell the rent - charge during her life only ...
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... in her lifetime . She died in 1862 , and neither the son nor his assignee took any steps until March , 1864 , when the bill was filed . But , then , then , I observe that there are persons who are 32 CASES IN CHANCERY . 32.
... in her lifetime . She died in 1862 , and neither the son nor his assignee took any steps until March , 1864 , when the bill was filed . But , then , then , I observe that there are persons who are 32 CASES IN CHANCERY . 32.
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