The Law Reports, Chancery Appeal Cases: Including Bankruptcy and Lunacy Cases, Before the Lord Chancellor, and the Court of Appeal in Chancery, 4. köideCouncil of Law Reporting, 1869 |
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... question is , what is the contract ? The Vice - Chancellor Malins has assumed , as the Judges did in Grissell v . Bristowe ( 6 ) , that the jobber contracted to take the shares him- self ; but that begs the whole question . The contract ...
... question is , what is the contract ? The Vice - Chancellor Malins has assumed , as the Judges did in Grissell v . Bristowe ( 6 ) , that the jobber contracted to take the shares him- self ; but that begs the whole question . The contract ...
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... question with respect to the interest on the notes . With respect to the deposits , they contended that the evidence was sufficient to induce the Court to presume that the resolution of the 6th of July had been commu- nicated to the ...
... question with respect to the interest on the notes . With respect to the deposits , they contended that the evidence was sufficient to induce the Court to presume that the resolution of the 6th of July had been commu- nicated to the ...
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... question - namely , that which relates to the notes payable on demand . I am of opinion that there is nothing in the notion that the voluntary winding up of a bank prevents the holder of a note from making a demand for payment . If the ...
... question - namely , that which relates to the notes payable on demand . I am of opinion that there is nothing in the notion that the voluntary winding up of a bank prevents the holder of a note from making a demand for payment . If the ...
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... question to continue , that as at present advised I think the rule was ultrà vires , and unauthorized by the Act of Parliament . The Act contemplates calls for payment of debts legally due , and the Court of Chancery was not armed with ...
... question to continue , that as at present advised I think the rule was ultrà vires , and unauthorized by the Act of Parliament . The Act contemplates calls for payment of debts legally due , and the Court of Chancery was not armed with ...
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... question whether the shares should be treated as real or personal estate , and was not intended to have any such effect as I have stated . I apprehend that , except for that section , the ordinary incidents of partnership would apply ...
... question whether the shares should be treated as real or personal estate , and was not intended to have any such effect as I have stated . I apprehend that , except for that section , the ordinary incidents of partnership would apply ...
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Page 222 - It is said that, the covenant being one which does not run with the land, this court cannot enforce it ; but the question is, not whether the covenant runs with the land, but whether a party shall be permitted to use the land in a manner inconsistent with the contract entered into by his vendor, and .with notice of which he purchased.
Page 587 - ... a bequest of the personal estate of the testator, or any bequest of personal property described in a general manner, shall be construed to include any personal estate, or any personal estate to which such description shall extend (as the case may be), which he may have power to appoint in any manner he may think proper, and shall operate as an execution of such power, unless a contrary intention shall appear by the will.
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Page xxxv - Victoria, chapter 89, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, Order and direct in manner following : Petition (o Wind-up Company.
Page 275 - Ireland of the nature of a specialty) accruing due from such person at the time when his liability commenced, but payable at the time or respective times when calls are made as herein-after mentioned for enforcing such liability ; and it shall be lawful in the case of the bankruptcy of any contributory to prove against his estate the estimated value of his liability to future calls, as well as calls already made.
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