Reports of Cases Relating to the Duty and Office of Magistrates: Determined in the Court of King's Bench, and Other Courts, Form Mich. Term, 1832 [-1836], 15. number,3. köideS. Sweet, 1838 |
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... action against the High Bailiff of Westminster , for refusing to receive the vote of the plaintiff at an election , on the ground that he had not paid his rates , Abbott , C. J. , said , " There has been no personal demand of the rates ...
... action against the High Bailiff of Westminster , for refusing to receive the vote of the plaintiff at an election , on the ground that he had not paid his rates , Abbott , C. J. , said , " There has been no personal demand of the rates ...
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... action . This you have failed to do . Williams , J. Spilsbury v . Mickle- thwaite ( a ) decides , that where two facts are pleaded , which are equally of themselves defences to the action , proof of one is sufficient . But here , the ...
... action . This you have failed to do . Williams , J. Spilsbury v . Mickle- thwaite ( a ) decides , that where two facts are pleaded , which are equally of themselves defences to the action , proof of one is sufficient . But here , the ...
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... action of debt . A rate was made upon Veale as the collector of the rents of fourteen houses in various streets , & c . in St. Giles's , which houses are part of an estate consisting of 150 houses , called Spencer's estate . Mr. Spencer ...
... action of debt . A rate was made upon Veale as the collector of the rents of fourteen houses in various streets , & c . in St. Giles's , which houses are part of an estate consisting of 150 houses , called Spencer's estate . Mr. Spencer ...
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... action . That does not appear in this case . I think therefore the magistrates are quite justified in having refused to issue this warrant . LITTLEDALE , J. - This rule should be discharged . I think that this Court ought not to call ...
... action . That does not appear in this case . I think therefore the magistrates are quite justified in having refused to issue this warrant . LITTLEDALE , J. - This rule should be discharged . I think that this Court ought not to call ...
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... actions , when they issue warrants under the au- thority of this Court . Were such a clause introduced , the magistrates , when acting under the authority of this Court , would run no risk , and the Court would not have the same ...
... actions , when they issue warrants under the au- thority of this Court . Were such a clause introduced , the magistrates , when acting under the authority of this Court , would run no risk , and the Court would not have the same ...
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Page 107 - Majesty's superior Courts of Record ; and no Warrant of Commitment shall be held void by reason of any Defect therein, provided it be therein alleged that the Party has been convicted, and there be a good and valid Conviction to sustain the same.
Page 101 - Majesty's superior courts of record ; and no warrant of commitment under this Act shall be held void by reason of any defect therein, provided it is therein alleged that the party has been convicted, and there is a good and valid conviction to sustain the same.
Page 88 - ... the commissioners of sewers for the city and liberty of Westminster, and part of the county of Middlesex; but all the rights, powers, and authorities vested in them shall be as good, valid, and effectual, as if this act had not been made.
Page 179 - Where any distress shall be made for any sum of money to be levied by virtue of this Act, the distress itself shall not be deemed unlawful, nor the party making the same be deemed a trespasser, on account of any defect or want of form in the information, summons, conviction, warrant of distress, or other proceeding relating thereto, nor shall the party distraining be deemed a...
Page 487 - ... notice in writing of such appeal, and of the cause and matter thereof, within three days after such conviction, and seven clear days at the least before such sessions, and shall also either remain in custody until the sessions, or enter into a recognizance with two sufficient sureties...
Page 521 - I apprehend those who come for them to parliament, do, in effect, undertake that they shall do and submit to whatever the legislature empowers and compels them to do ; and that they shall do nothing else...
Page 157 - This, like many other cases, is a bargain between a company of adventurers and the public, the terms of which are expressed in the statute; and the rule of construction, in all such cases, is now fully established to be this; that any ambiguity in the terms of the contract must operate against the adventurers, and in favor of the public, and the plaintiffs can claim nothing that is not clearly given them by the act.
Page 324 - Schedule hereto annexed, shall be used upon all Occasions, with such Additions or Variations only as may be necessary to adapt them to the particular Exigencies of the Case...
Page 646 - The only distinction between that case and the present, is, that there the action for the wrong was brought at the instance of the insurance office, which is not the case here. But it establishes that a recovery upon a contract with the insurers is no bar to a claim for damages against the wrong-doer.
Page 132 - ... at the next general quarter sessions of the peace to be holden for the county...