The Exchequer Reports: Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer & Exchequer Chamber, 5. köide;145. köideH. Sweet, 1861 |
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... duty is to ad- minister the law as we find it - not to amend it . The law is that an action for seduction is only maintainable where the relation of master and servant exists . Is there any evidence that such relation existed here ? In ...
... duty is to ad- minister the law as we find it - not to amend it . The law is that an action for seduction is only maintainable where the relation of master and servant exists . Is there any evidence that such relation existed here ? In ...
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... duty on receipts , the bill of exchange was restamped with a 3d . bill stamp by authority of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue , upon payment of the penalty . - Held , that the Commissioners had power , under the 37 Geo . 3 , c . 136 ...
... duty on receipts , the bill of exchange was restamped with a 3d . bill stamp by authority of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue , upon payment of the penalty . - Held , that the Commissioners had power , under the 37 Geo . 3 , c . 136 ...
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... duty and penalty , to stamp with the proper stamp any bill of exchange stamped with a stamp of a different denomination , if the same shall be of equal or superior value to the stamp required . But the 55 Geo . 3 , c . 184 , s . 10 ...
... duty and penalty , to stamp with the proper stamp any bill of exchange stamped with a stamp of a different denomination , if the same shall be of equal or superior value to the stamp required . But the 55 Geo . 3 , c . 184 , s . 10 ...
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... duties at Hull have been entirely fruitless to the Company ) whether the portion of his salary which may be due to him ... duty of Mr. Barker , when in a former 1859 . BARKER v . ALLAN . 1859 . BARKER v . ALLAN . letter he referred ...
... duties at Hull have been entirely fruitless to the Company ) whether the portion of his salary which may be due to him ... duty of Mr. Barker , when in a former 1859 . BARKER v . ALLAN . 1859 . BARKER v . ALLAN . letter he referred ...
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... duty of preventing ; and if they do not prevent they shall be liable to the penalty . So far from that being unjust , it is most proper that persons should be protected in their common law rights on their own land . The defendants are a ...
... duty of preventing ; and if they do not prevent they shall be liable to the penalty . So far from that being unjust , it is most proper that persons should be protected in their common law rights on their own land . The defendants are a ...
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Page 534 - ... such as may fairly and reasonably be considered either arising naturally, ie according to the usual course of things, from such breach of contract itself, or such as may reasonably be supposed to have been in the contemplation of both parties, at the time they made the contract, as the probable result of the breach of it.
Page 632 - Michaelmas term last, obtained a rule nisi for a new trial, on the ground of misdirection, and that the verdict was against evidence.
Page 175 - If the line of the railway cross any turnpike road or public highway, then (except where otherwise provided by the special Act) either such road shall be carried over the railway, or the railway shall be carried over such road, by means of a bridge, of the height and width and with the ascent or descent by this or the special Act in that behalf provided ; and such bridge, with the immediate approaches, and all other necessary works connected therewith, shall be executed and at all times thereafter...
Page 652 - Judge directed a verdict for the plaintiff, reserving leave to the defendant...
Page 711 - And for and in respect of the annual profits or gains arising or accruing to any person whatever, whether a subject of her Majesty or not, although not resident within the United Kingdom...
Page 608 - ... as fully to all intents and purposes as if this act had not been passed, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 379 - ... tax his costs of suit, and, in case of non-payment thereof within forty-eight hours, to sign judgment for his costs of suit so taxed, or the plaintiff may reply that the sum paid into court is not enough to satisfy the claim of the plaintiff in respect of the matter to which the plea is pleaded ; and, in the event of an issue thereon being found for the defendant, the defendant shall be entitled to judgment and his costs of suit.
Page 655 - Serj. had obtained a rule calling on the plaintiff to shew cause why the...
Page 29 - O'Brien and the several exhibits therein referred to it is ordered that Monday the 23rd day of April instant be given to His Majesty's Secretary of State for Home Affairs to show cause why a writ of Habeas Corpus should not issue directed to him to have the body of Art O'Brien immediately before this Court at the Royal Courts of Justice London to undergo and receive...
Page 622 - ... may produce, and shall also hear any evidence tendered by or on behalf of the person alleged to be the father ; and if the evidence of the mother be corroborated in some material particular by other testimony, to the satisfaction of the said justices, they may adjudge the man to be the putative father of such bastard child...