Mews' Digest of English Case Law: Containing the Reported Decisions of the Superior Courts, and a Selection from Those of the Scottish and Irish Courts to the End of 1924, 1. köideSweet and Maxwell, 1925 |
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... dividend , of all which the plaintiff had notice ; that the plaintiff refused to accept the dividend , and failed to deliver up the acceptances : -Held , that the plea was bad in substance , as it contained no allegation a that the ...
... dividend , of all which the plaintiff had notice ; that the plaintiff refused to accept the dividend , and failed to deliver up the acceptances : -Held , that the plea was bad in substance , as it contained no allegation a that the ...
Page 17
... dividend was taken in satisfaction or substitution of the agreement on the bill , and it was con- sistent with the plea that the plaintiff may have elected to pay the penalty for default in performance of the agreement . Buttigeig v ...
... dividend was taken in satisfaction or substitution of the agreement on the bill , and it was con- sistent with the plea that the plaintiff may have elected to pay the penalty for default in performance of the agreement . Buttigeig v ...
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... dividends had been paid by the company . The company filed a bill charging wilful default , and pray- ing an account against the board on that footing - Held , that the company was not bound before declaring its own dividend to inquire ...
... dividends had been paid by the company . The company filed a bill charging wilful default , and pray- ing an account against the board on that footing - Held , that the company was not bound before declaring its own dividend to inquire ...
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... dividend between the parties . Dawson v . Dawson , 1 Atk . 1 . The court will not open a settled account where it has been signed , or a security taken on the foot of it , unless the whole transaction appears fraudulent , upon errors ...
... dividend between the parties . Dawson v . Dawson , 1 Atk . 1 . The court will not open a settled account where it has been signed , or a security taken on the foot of it , unless the whole transaction appears fraudulent , upon errors ...
Page 123
... dividends of one - third to the intended husband during her life , she swearing , by her answer , that it was intended and understood between her and him that such order was purely voluntary ; and the bill not alleging that the order ...
... dividends of one - third to the intended husband during her life , she swearing , by her answer , that it was intended and understood between her and him that such order was purely voluntary ; and the bill not alleging that the order ...
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Page 845 - ... that court or a judge thereof if satisfied that there is no sufficient reason why the matter should not be referred in accordance with the submission, and that the applicant was, at the time when the proceedings were commenced, and still remains, ready and willing to do all things necessary to the proper conduct of the arbitration, may make an order staying the proceedings.
Page 241 - No person shall sell to the prejudice of the purchaser any article of food or any drug which is not of the nature, substance, and quality of the article demanded by such purchaser...
Page 237 - Viet c. 63), for havicg sold to the prejudice of the purchaser a certain article of food, to wit, beer, which was not of the nature, substance, and quality of the article demanded by the purchaser.
Page 269 - Acts in respect of the sale thereof, notwithstanding anything contained in section twenty of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1875, shall not be instituted after the expiration of twenty-eight days from the time of the purchase.
Page 673 - Every order made by a Judge of the said High Court in Chambers, except orders made in the exercise of such discretion as aforesaid, may be set aside or discharged upon notice by any Divisional Court, or by the Judge sitting in Court, according to the course and practice of the Division of the High Court to which the particular cause or matter in which such order is made may be assigned...
Page 545 - ... and convicted thereof, in such case the property shall be restored to the owner or his representative...
Page 295 - If any person who sells any article for use as a fertiliser of the soil or as food for cattle commits any of the following offences, namely : — (a.) Fails without reasonable excuse to give, on or before or as soon as possible after the delivery of the article, the invoice required by this Act...
Page 249 - Act, may procure at the place of delivery any sample of any milk in course of delivery to the purchaser or consignee in pursuance of any contract for the sale to such purchaser or consignee of such milk...
Page 401 - ... if more than one, share and share alike ; and if but one, then to such only child," to be applied in the "support, maintenance, and education of such child or children...
Page 677 - ... as to costs only, which by law are left to the discretion of the court.