Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law: With Tables of the Cases and Principal Matters ...T. and J.W. Johnson, law booksellers, 1872 |
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... bankrupt before he has used the cheque ; if the drawer gives his banker orders not to pay the money , the assignees of the bankrupt can- not maintain an action to recover it . The bankrupt certainly could not do so , and his assignees ...
... bankrupt before he has used the cheque ; if the drawer gives his banker orders not to pay the money , the assignees of the bankrupt can- not maintain an action to recover it . The bankrupt certainly could not do so , and his assignees ...
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... bankruptcy was committed on that morning , although no creditor was actually denied . ASSUMPSIT for money had and ... bankrupt , arrived in the afternoon of the next day , Saturday the 21st , but no persons called upon the said M. B. ...
... bankruptcy was committed on that morning , although no creditor was actually denied . ASSUMPSIT for money had and ... bankrupt , arrived in the afternoon of the next day , Saturday the 21st , but no persons called upon the said M. B. ...
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... bankrupt to deny him to creditors , but an actual denial . Here the order was not to deny the bankrupt to creditors only , but to all persons ; and it was given by an aged and infirm person , who had been alarmed in consequence of ...
... bankrupt to deny him to creditors , but an actual denial . Here the order was not to deny the bankrupt to creditors only , but to all persons ; and it was given by an aged and infirm person , who had been alarmed in consequence of ...
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... bankruptcy , this consequence will follow , that if a trader were to order his servants not to admit his creditors ... bankrupt begin to keep house as a mode of absenting himself with an intent to delay his creditors ? It appears that ...
... bankruptcy , this consequence will follow , that if a trader were to order his servants not to admit his creditors ... bankrupt begin to keep house as a mode of absenting himself with an intent to delay his creditors ? It appears that ...
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... bankrupt who has obtained his certificate , cannot be arrested upon a subsequent promise to pay a debt due before his bankruptcy . CAMPBELL , on a former day in this term , obtained a rule to show cause why the defendant should not be ...
... bankrupt who has obtained his certificate , cannot be arrested upon a subsequent promise to pay a debt due before his bankruptcy . CAMPBELL , on a former day in this term , obtained a rule to show cause why the defendant should not be ...
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ABBOTT act of parliament action admitted affidavit aforesaid afterwards agreement annuity appears ASSUMPSIT attorney attornment bail bankrupt bankruptcy Bayley bill bill of exchange bond burgesses certiorari charged claim clause commissioners contended contract copyhold costs count court covenant creditors damages debt declaration deed defendant defendant's demised devised discharged entered entitled evidence execution executors granted ground heirs and assigns Held hired inclosure act indenture indorsed intended issue John judgment jury justices land lease lessor liable Lord Lord Ellenborough manor messuage navigation nonsuit obtained a rule opinion owner paid parish party pauper payment person plaintiff plea possession premises present promissory note proved purchase question received recover refused rent replevin respect rule nisi Serjt ship showed cause statute tenant tenement term testator thereof tion tithes trespass trial trustees twenty-one verdict Warter William Hasker William Hopson witness words writ
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Page 39 - Defendant afterwards, under leave, reserved at the trial, moved for and obtained a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside...
Page 254 - ... in the order and disposition of the bankrupt, with the consent of the true owner, and that the assignees were therefore entitled to them.
Page 576 - ... if he shall have paid the debt, or any part thereof, in discharge of the whole debt...
Page 235 - Majesty, her heirs or successors, or the domestick, or domestick servant of any such ambassador, or other publick minister, may be arrested or imprisoned, or his or their goods or chattels may be distrained, seized, or attached, shall be deemed and adjudged to be utterly null and void to all intents, constructions, and purposes whatsoever.
Page 398 - ... his heirs and assigns to and for the only proper use and behoof of the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns forever And Albert L.
Page 151 - Radnor, together with all the buildings and lands thereunto belonging as now enjoyed by me, with all the nppurtenances for and during the term of her natural life; and...
Page 555 - And it appears in our books, that in many cases, the common law will control acts of parliament, and sometimes adjudge them to be utterly void ; for when an act of parliament is against common right and reason, or repugnant, or impossible to be performed, the common law will control it, and adjudge such act to be void ; and therefore in 8 E 330 ab Thomas Tregor's case on the statutes of W.
Page 250 - ... whereof they shall be reputed owners, and take upon them the sale, alteration, or disposition as owners, that in every such case the said commissioners...
Page 560 - Serjt., had obtained a rule calling on the plaintiff to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside and...
Page 401 - The following certificate was afterwards sent: — This case has been argued before us by counsel ; we have considered it, and are of opinion, that...