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Page 232 - I think they ought to be solemnly told (as they no doubt will be) that nothing worse can happen in a free country than to force people to be churlish about their rights for fear that their indulgence may be abused, and to drive them to prevent the enjoyment of things which, although they are matters of private property, naturally give pleasure to many others besides the owners, under the fear that their good-nature may be misunderstood.
Page 397 - The principal value of any property shall be estimated to be the price which, in the opinion of the Commissioners, such property would fetch if sold in the open market at the time of the death of the deceased...
Page 165 - Owner" shall apply to every Person in possession or receipt either of the whole or of any Part of the Rents or Profits of any Land or Tenement, or in the Occupation of such Land or Tenement other than as a Tenant from Year to Year or for any less Term, or as a Tenant at Will...
Page 371 - Where any right of sporting, when severed from the occupation of the land, is let, either the owner or the lessee thereof, according as the persons making the rate determine, may be rated as the occupier thereof.
Page 366 - UPPER TERMINALS. — The number of conductors or points to be specified will depend upon the size of the building, the material of which it is constructed, and the comparative height of the several parts. No general rule can be given for this, but the architect must be guided by the directions given.
Page 97 - Where two or more houses belonging to different owners are connected with a public sewer by a single private drain, an application may be made under section 41 of the Public Health Act, 1875 (relating to complaints as to nuisances from drains), and the local authority may recover any expenses incurred by them in executing any works under the powers conferred on them by that section from the owners of the houses in such shares and proportions as shall be settled by their surveyor or (in case of dispute)...
Page 417 - J.'s, view of the law on this subject is perfectly correct. In my view he is right in saying that, when an estate is put up for sale in lots, subject to a condition that restrictive covenants are to be entered into by each of the purchasers with the vendor, and the vendor is intending at that sale to sell the whole of the property, the question, whether it is intended that each of the purchasers shall be liable in respect of those restrictive...
Page 244 - In order to give a right of action and sustain the issue, there must be a substantial privation of light, sufficient to render the occupation of the house uncomfortable, and to prevent the plaintiff from carrying on his accustomed business (that of a grocer) on the premises as beneficially as he had formerly done.
Page 97 - single private drain ' within the meaning of Section 19 of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890...
Page 391 - Court, which is not entitled, " in my jndgment, to receive evidence, or suggestion, or " argument as to whether the principal did or did not " suffer any injury in fact by reason of the dealing of " the agent ; for the safety of mankind requires that no " agent shall be able to put his principal to the danger

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