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 1924Sweet and Maxwell, 1925 |
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accepted acceptor accommodation bill action affidavit afterwards agent agreement alleged amount applied assigned bank bankers bankrupt bankruptcy became due bill drawn bill of exchange bill of sale burial-ground carriage carried cattle charge chattels cheque child common carrier company's condition consideration consigned consignee court covenant creditor damages debt declaration deed default defendant delivered delivery deposited discharge drawer entitled evidence execution furniture G. W. Ry given grantee grantor Held holder indorsed injury instalments interest jury land liable London loss luggage ment mortgage mortgagor negligence notice of dishonour owner paid parish party passenger payable payee payment person plaintiff plea possession premises promissory note purchase putative father railway company receipt received recover refused registered respect rules Sale Act sent servants shares shew signed stamp station sub-s sufficient summons thereof ticket tion train trustees ultra vires Vict void
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Page 809 - London, (the act of God, the queen's enemies, fire, and all and every other dangers and accidents of the seas, rivers, and navigation, of whatever nature and kind soever, excepted,) unto order or to assigns, he or they paying freight for the said goods at 51.
Page 299 - Where a person takes a crossed cheque which bears on it the words " not negotiable," he shall not have and shall not be capable of giving a better title to the cheque than that which the person from whom he took it had.
Page 737 - We hold the true rule to be that whatever the passenger takes with him for his personal use or convenience according to the habits or wants of the particular class to which he belongs, either with reference to the immediate necessities, or to the ultimate purpose, of the journey, must be considered as personal luggage.
Page 609 - Any referee, arbitrator, or umpire may, at any stage of the proceedings under a reference, and shall, if so directed by the Court or a judge, state in the form of a special case for the opinion of the Court any question of law arising in the course of the reference.
Page 697 - In known practical use to secure the safety of the passengers, but not every possible preventive which the highest scientific skill might suggest.
Page 689 - It shall be lawful for any officer or agent of the company, and all persons called by him to his assistance, to seize and detain any person who shall have committed any offence against the provisions of this or the special act...
Page 57 - A child born of a married woman is in the first instance presumed to be legitimate. The presumption thus established by law is not to be rebutted by circumstances which only create doubt and suspicion, but it may be wholly removed by proper and sufficient evidence showing that the husband was (1) incompetent; (2) entirely absent, so as to have no intercourse or communication of any kind with the mother; (3) entirely absent at the period during which the child must, in the course of nature, have been...
Page 483 - Act within seven clear days after the execution thereof, or if it is executed in any place out of England then within seven clear days after the time at which it would in the ordinary course of post arrive in England if posted immediately after the execution thereof; and shall truly set forth the consideration for which it was given ; otherwise such bill of sale shall be void in respect of the personal chattels comprised therein.
Page 801 - no claim for deficiency, damage, or detention would be allowed, unless made within three days after the delivery of the goods, nor for loss, unless made within seven days from the time the}- should have been delivered.
Page 759 - TR 27, that all causes of inevitable accident — casus fortuitus — may be divided into two classes — those which are occasioned by the elementary forces of nature unconnected with the agency of man or other cause, and those which have their origin either in the whole or in part in the agency of man...