Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Queen's Bench: And the Court of Exchequer Chamber on Appeal from the Court of Queen's Bench [1861-1869] ...H. Sweet, 1871 |
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... held bound by general words which , though large enough to include , were not used with reference to the possibility of the particular contingency which afterwards happens . It is on this principle that the act of God is in some cases ...
... held bound by general words which , though large enough to include , were not used with reference to the possibility of the particular contingency which afterwards happens . It is on this principle that the act of God is in some cases ...
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... held that an overseer was discharged by his bankruptcy and certificate from a debt due in respect of a sum of money in his hands as over- seer at the time of his bankruptcy , although it happened before the expiration of his year of ...
... held that an overseer was discharged by his bankruptcy and certificate from a debt due in respect of a sum of money in his hands as over- seer at the time of his bankruptcy , although it happened before the expiration of his year of ...
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... Held , that the plaintiffs were entitled to particulars ( the Court having refused interrogatories for this purpose ) , shewing in what part or parts their machines were an infringement of the defend- ant's patent , and pointing out by ...
... Held , that the plaintiffs were entitled to particulars ( the Court having refused interrogatories for this purpose ) , shewing in what part or parts their machines were an infringement of the defend- ant's patent , and pointing out by ...
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... held to give a cause of action . And we see no reason why a similar rule should not apply where the false and malicious assertion relates to goods , and the damage arises from the loss of a bargain to sell them ; and ac- cordingly in ...
... held to give a cause of action . And we see no reason why a similar rule should not apply where the false and malicious assertion relates to goods , and the damage arises from the loss of a bargain to sell them ; and ac- cordingly in ...
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... held by him on the debtor's property , shall alone be reckoned , is not retrospective . 64 2. The defendant in 1864 executed a deed of assignment of his pro- perty to trustees for the benefit of his creditors ; it contained a clause ...
... held by him on the debtor's property , shall alone be reckoned , is not retrospective . 64 2. The defendant in 1864 executed a deed of assignment of his pro- perty to trustees for the benefit of his creditors ; it contained a clause ...
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Page 701 - December, 1833, no person shall make an entry or distress, or bring an action to recover any land or rent, but within twenty years next after the time at which the right to make such entry or distress or to bring such action shall have first accrued to some person through whom he claims...
Page 899 - Where there is any defect, imperfection, or omission in any pleading, whether in substance or form, which would have been a fatal objection upon demurrer; yet if the issue joined be such as necessarily required on the trial proof of the facts so...
Page 765 - Ship, &c., or any part thereof ; and in case of any Loss or Misfortune it shall be lawful to the Assured, their Factors, Servants, and Assigns, to sue, labour, and travel for, in, and about the Defence, Safeguard, and Recovery of the said Goods, Merchandises, and Ship, &c. , or any part thereof, without prejudice to this Insurance ; to the charges whereof we, the Assurers, will contribute each one according to the rate and quantity of his sum herein assured.
Page 245 - And in case of any loss or misfortune, it shall be lawful to the assured, their factors, servants, and assigns, to sue, labour, and travel for, in and about the defence, safeguard, and recovery of the said goods and merchandises, and ship, &c., or any part thereof, without prejudice to this insurance...
Page 38 - ... hereby empowered to take by way of recognizance or otherwise ; but if upon the return of such warrant it shall appear that no sufficient distress can be had thereupon...
Page 702 - ... in such possession or receipt then such right shall be deemed to have first accrued at the time at which the person claiming as aforesaid or the person through whom he claims became entitled to such possession or receipt by virtue of such instrument.
Page 1012 - Every law that makes an action done before the passing of the law, and which was innocent when done, criminal; and punishes such action.
Page 245 - Surprisals, Takings at Sea, Arrests, Restraints and Detainments of all Kings, Princes, and People, of what Nation, Condition, or Quality soever, Barratry of the Master and Mariners, and of all other Perils, Losses, and Misfortunes, that have or shall come to the Hurt, Detriment, or Damage of the said Goods and Merchandises and Ship, &c., or any Part thereof...
Page 1059 - Factory or workshop" means any premises on which any manual labour is exercised by way of trade, or for purposes of gain, in or incidental to the...
Page 7 - The Legislature by compelling him to part with his land to a railway company, whom he could not bind by any stipulation, as he could an assignee chosen by himself, has created a new kind of assign, such as was not in the contemplation of the parties when the contract was entered into. To hold the defendant responsible for the acts of such an assignee is to make an entirely new contract for * the parties.