English Reports in Law and Equity: Containing Reports of Cases in the House of Lords, Privy Council, Courts of Equity and Common Law; and in the Admiralty and Ecclesiastical Courts; Including Also Cases in Bankruptcy and Crown Cases ReservedEdmund Hatch Bennett, Chauncey Smith C. C. Little and J. Brown, 1851 |
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... passing of that act , it was discovered that the 14th section did not comprise a particular case , viz . , that of stocks or shares standing in the name of the ac- countant general . To meet this case , therefore , a second statute was ...
... passing of that act , it was discovered that the 14th section did not comprise a particular case , viz . , that of stocks or shares standing in the name of the ac- countant general . To meet this case , therefore , a second statute was ...
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... passing of the said bill into a law , but has con- sented to withdraw his opposition upon the said company entering into the agreement hereinafter contained . Now , it is hereby agreed by and between the parties hereto that , in the ...
... passing of the said bill into a law , but has con- sented to withdraw his opposition upon the said company entering into the agreement hereinafter contained . Now , it is hereby agreed by and between the parties hereto that , in the ...
Page 93
... passing of the act . The Wisbeach and Spalding line was subsequently abandoned altogether , and no powers were ever obtained to enable Mr. Hawkes to make an effectual conveyance of his estate , and the company , having no occasion for ...
... passing of the act . The Wisbeach and Spalding line was subsequently abandoned altogether , and no powers were ever obtained to enable Mr. Hawkes to make an effectual conveyance of his estate , and the company , having no occasion for ...
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... passing of the act , and at the expiration of such period the powers granted to the company for making the railway , or otherwise in relation thereto , should cease to be exercised , except as to so much of the railways as should then ...
... passing of the act , and at the expiration of such period the powers granted to the company for making the railway , or otherwise in relation thereto , should cease to be exercised , except as to so much of the railways as should then ...
Page 115
... passing of the now stating act , to improve their existing railways , wherever that might be necessary , to adapt them for the convenient passage of locomotive steam engines , for the carriage of goods and merchandise at reasonable ...
... passing of the now stating act , to improve their existing railways , wherever that might be necessary , to adapt them for the convenient passage of locomotive steam engines , for the carriage of goods and merchandise at reasonable ...
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13 Vict act of Parliament action aerometers affidavit aforesaid agreement ALDERSON alleged amount annuity appears apply appointed assigned assumpsit attorney authority award bank bankruptcy Besly bill bottomry called church-wardens claim clause contract contributories costs county court covenant creditors damage debt declaration deed defendant demurrer directed discharged Eastern Counties Railway entered entitled evidence Exch execution executors give ground held Hilary Term indenture indictment issue judge judgment jurisdiction jury justices land liable Lord Campbell Lord Cottenham LORD CRANWORTH master ment mentioned North Staffordshire Railway notice opinion owner Oxford Junction paid parish parties payment persons petition plaintiff plea pleaded Priest Hutton proceedings provisions purchase purpose question Railway Company reference Regina reply respect rule sect shareholder shares sheriff showed cause Sir John Osborne stat statute suit testator thereof tion trial trustees verdict warrant William words
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Page 633 - ... a question of fact for the jury, and not of law for the court.
Page 515 - That in actions of debt, or upon the case, grounded upon any simple contract, no acknowledgment or promise by words only shall be deemed sufficient evidence of a new or continuing contract...
Page 83 - That all gifts, grants, conveyances, appointments, assurances, transfers and settlements whatsoever, of any lands, tenements, or other hereditaments, or of any estate or interest therein...
Page 519 - action commenced after the passing of this Act in any of Her ' Majesty's Superior Courts of Record in trespass, trover, or case ' not being an action for malicious prosecution or for libel or for ' slander or for criminal conversation or for seduction, the plaintiff ' shall recover a sum not exceeding £ 5, the plaintiff shall have ' judgment to recover such sum only and NO COSTS...
Page 518 - That in Actions of Debt or upon the Case grounded upon any Simple Contract no Acknowledgment or Promise by Words only shall be deemed sufficient Evidence of a new or continuing Contract, whereby to take any Case out of the Operation of the said Enactments...
Page 418 - Years from thence next following to be fully complete and ended DURING which Term the said Apprentice his Master faithfully shall serve his secrets keep his lawful commands everywhere gladly do...
Page 477 - Streams of water are intended for the use and comfort of man ; and it would be unreasonable, and contrary to the universal sense of mankind, to debar every riparian proprietor from the application of the water to domestic, agricultural, and manufacturing purposes...
Page 476 - ... without diminution or alteration. No proprietor has a right to use the water, to the prejudice of other proprietors, above or below him, unless he has a prior right to divert it, or a title to some exclusive enjoyment. He has no property in the water itself, but a simple usufruct while it passes along.
Page 337 - Act contained as may be applicable to such case, or to the like effect ; and in all cases where by any Act of Parliament authority is given to commit a person to prison, or to levy any sum upon his goods or chattels by distress, for not obeying any order of a justice or justices, the defendant shall be served with a copy of the minute of such order before any warrant of commitment or of distress shall issue in that behalf, and such order or minute shall not form any part of such warrant of commitment...
Page 134 - And be it further enacted, that every will shall be construed, with reference to the real estate and personal estate comprised in it, to speak and take effect as if it had been executed immediately before the death of the testator, unless a contrary intention shall appear by the will.