The Exchequer Reports: Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer & Exchequer Chamber ... Trinity Term, 10 Vict., to [Hilary Vacation, 19 Vict.] ... Both Inclusive. [1847-1856], 6. köideT. & J. W. Johnson, 1849 |
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... matter . The sums of money were not payments by virtue of the will of the testator . The meaning of the term " legacy " is to be gathered from ( a ) 1 Price , 426 . the statutes which give the definition of the term . 40 EXCHEQUER REPORTS .
... matter . The sums of money were not payments by virtue of the will of the testator . The meaning of the term " legacy " is to be gathered from ( a ) 1 Price , 426 . the statutes which give the definition of the term . 40 EXCHEQUER REPORTS .
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... matter of no difference whether the legacy is pay- able to a stranger , or to a person who also has the real estate . It is , therefore , a legacy payable by virtue of the will out of that which , by arrangement and contract between the ...
... matter of no difference whether the legacy is pay- able to a stranger , or to a person who also has the real estate . It is , therefore , a legacy payable by virtue of the will out of that which , by arrangement and contract between the ...
Page 71
... matter . It might as well be said , that an attorney who obtains payment of a debt not recoverable by law , by sending a letter threatening to put the law in force , obtains the money tortiously . Grainger v . Hill is distinguishable ...
... matter . It might as well be said , that an attorney who obtains payment of a debt not recoverable by law , by sending a letter threatening to put the law in force , obtains the money tortiously . Grainger v . Hill is distinguishable ...
Page 72
... matter . My im- pression is it would not , because fraud does transfer the property , though liable to be divested by the person de- ceived , if he chooses to consider the property as not hav- ing vested . But there is no evidence in ...
... matter . My im- pression is it would not , because fraud does transfer the property , though liable to be divested by the person de- ceived , if he chooses to consider the property as not hav- ing vested . But there is no evidence in ...
Page 99
... matter where he resides , we think it a rea- sonable construction of the statute to hold , that the de- claration may be made as a matter in the suit , either by the attorney or the party himself . When the declaration is made , the ...
... matter where he resides , we think it a rea- sonable construction of the statute to hold , that the de- claration may be made as a matter in the suit , either by the attorney or the party himself . When the declaration is made , the ...
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Page 131 - no action shall be brought whereby to charge any executor or administrator upon any special promise to answer damages out of his own estate ; or whereby to charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another person...
Page 632 - ... right thereto shall be deemed absolute and indefeasible, unless it shall appear that the same was enjoyed by some consent or agreement expressly given or made for that purpose by deed or writing.
Page 440 - PRINTER to learn his Art and with him after the Manner of an Apprentice to serve...
Page 769 - ... the increased rates of charge required to be paid over and above the ordinary rate of carriage as a compensation for the greater risk and care to be taken for the safe conveyance of such valuable articles; and all persons sending...
Page 472 - Deed, instrument, or writing, whereby any lands, tenements, or other realty sold shall be granted, assigned, transferred, or otherwise conveyed to, or vested in, the purchaser or purchasers, or any other person or persons, by his, her, or their direction...
Page 302 - It has been long established that, when an Act of Parliament is repealed, it must be considered (except as to transactions past and closed) as if it had never existed.
Page 841 - ... leave being reserved to the plaintiff to move to enter a verdict for him...
Page 132 - In every species of assumpsit, all matters in confession and avoidance, including not only those by way of discharge, but those which show the transaction to be either void or voidable in point of law, on the ground of fraud or otherwise, shall be specially pleaded.
Page 515 - The question for the opinion of the court was whether the plaintiff was entitled to recover. If...
Page 191 - Us by an Act passed in the fifth year of the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled "An Act for the Amendment and better Administration of the Laws relating to the Poor in England and Wales...