The Bengal Law Reports of Decisions of the High Court at Fort William Civil and Criminal in Its Original and Appellate Jurisdictions: Privy Council Decisions on Indian Appeals; Orders and Rules of the High Court; and Revenue Circular Orders ..., 5. köideLouis Arthur Goodeve Printed and pub. for the Bengal Council of Law Reporting by Thacker, Spink, & Company, 1870 Vol. 6-9 include also acts of the Supreme Council; v. 6-8, acts of the Bengal Council. |
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... question between the appellants and respondents is , what property passed under this last devise ? The facts , although they are not very clearly stated , appear to be , that whilst the estates devised by the Colonel to his sons were ...
... question between the appellants and respondents is , what property passed under this last devise ? The facts , although they are not very clearly stated , appear to be , that whilst the estates devised by the Colonel to his sons were ...
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... question for the opinion of a Full Bench ; whether a father's brother's daughter's son is , or is not , included SHAHA MAN- DAL v . ANAND LAL in the succession by the Bengal school of Hindu law ? GHOSE MAZUMDAR . The question was ...
... question for the opinion of a Full Bench ; whether a father's brother's daughter's son is , or is not , included SHAHA MAN- DAL v . ANAND LAL in the succession by the Bengal school of Hindu law ? GHOSE MAZUMDAR . The question was ...
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... question of sapindaship in direct connection with the question of funeral rites on the one hand , and the cognate question of the impurity of the adopted son on the other hand ; and that it is not until these questions have been ...
... question of sapindaship in direct connection with the question of funeral rites on the one hand , and the cognate question of the impurity of the adopted son on the other hand ; and that it is not until these questions have been ...
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... question that is before us , and here I find myself at issue with opinions given by no less than six Judges of this Court , and amongst these Judges , by our late colleague , Mr. Justice Pundit . I need hardly say with what hesitation ...
... question that is before us , and here I find myself at issue with opinions given by no less than six Judges of this Court , and amongst these Judges , by our late colleague , Mr. Justice Pundit . I need hardly say with what hesitation ...
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... question which we are required to deter- mine in this case is whether , under the Hindu law current in the Bengal school , the son of a paternal uncle's daughter is entitled to succeed to the estate of a deceased Hindu , if no nearer ...
... question which we are required to deter- mine in this case is whether , under the Hindu law current in the Bengal school , the son of a paternal uncle's daughter is entitled to succeed to the estate of a deceased Hindu , if no nearer ...
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Page 417 - ... likely to do mischief if it escapes, must keep it in at his peril, and, if he does not do so, is prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape. He can excuse himself by showing that the escape was owing to the plaintiff's default, or perhaps that the escape was the consequence of vis major, or the act of God; but as nothing of this sort exists here, it is unnecessary to inquire what excuse would be sufficient.
Page 689 - ... may have such other and further relief in the premises, as to this honorable Court may seen meet, and as the nature and circumstances of the case may require.
Page 415 - Plaintiff, then it appears to me that that which the Defendants were doing they were doing at their own peril; and, if in the course of their doing it, the evil arose to which I have referred, the evil, namely, of the escape of the water and its passing away to the close of the Plaintiff and injuring the Plaintiff, then for the consequence of that, in my opinion, the Defendants would be liable.
Page 431 - ... may, in the present case, be left out, and then the question is, has the prisoner taken an unmarried girl under the age of sixteen out of the possession of, and against the will of her father?
Page 439 - in trust for such objects of benevolence and liberality as the trustee in his own discretion shall most approve, cannot be * supported as a charitable legacy ; and is therefore a trust [ * 80 ] for the next of kin.
Page 205 - ... writing, signed by such committee or any two of them, or any two of the directors, and in the same manner may vary or discharge the same...
Page 52 - Now, assuming (what I am by no means disposed to admit) that the state of feeling towards women in the United States is such as these remarks suggest, it is to be observed in the first place that it is a...
Page 417 - ... it seems but reasonable and just that the neighbor, who has brought something on his own property which was not naturally there, harmless to others so long as it is confined to his own property...
Page 493 - Hindoo persuasions, the laws of those religions shall not be permitted to operate to deprive such party or parties of any property to which, but for the operation of such laws, they would have been entitled.
Page 74 - ... is, that the circumstances must be such as would lead the guarded discretion of a reasonable and just man to the conclusion ; for it is not to lead a rash and intemperate judgment, moving upon appearances that are equally capable of two interpretations ; neither is it to be a matter of artificial reasoning, judging upon such things differently from what would strike the careful and cautious consideration of a discreet man.