Cases Decided in the Court of Session, Court of Justiciary, and House of Lords, 3. köideT. & T. Clark, 1898 |
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... Sequestration ) , Respondent . - John Pearson , Q.C. - Locock Webb , Q.C. Bankrupt Trustee - Claim - Constitution - Process - Foreign — Statute 19 and 20 Vict . , cap . 79 ( Bankruptcy ( Scotland ) Act , 1856 ) , secs . 50 and 126.- The ...
... Sequestration ) , Respondent . - John Pearson , Q.C. - Locock Webb , Q.C. Bankrupt Trustee - Claim - Constitution - Process - Foreign — Statute 19 and 20 Vict . , cap . 79 ( Bankruptcy ( Scotland ) Act , 1856 ) , secs . 50 and 126.- The ...
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... sequestration of Messrs Peter Lawson and Son , a sum of £ 65,000 , as being a debt due to them by the Messrs Lawson at the date of their sequestration , No. 11 . June 22 , 1876 . Phosphate Sewage SER . IV . VOL . III . ] 79 HOUSE OF LORDS .
... sequestration of Messrs Peter Lawson and Son , a sum of £ 65,000 , as being a debt due to them by the Messrs Lawson at the date of their sequestration , No. 11 . June 22 , 1876 . Phosphate Sewage SER . IV . VOL . III . ] 79 HOUSE OF LORDS .
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... sequestration upon the estates of Messrs Lawson it was indispensable that they should shew that the £ 65,000 which they claimed was a debt owing by Messrs Lawson to them because it was the price which they had been paid under a ...
... sequestration upon the estates of Messrs Lawson it was indispensable that they should shew that the £ 65,000 which they claimed was a debt owing by Messrs Lawson to them because it was the price which they had been paid under a ...
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... sequestration is here , and is proceeding , and in the sequestration this question has arisen . I feel bound to say that the getting up of this company , the preliminary arrangements in re- gard to it , the preparation and issuing of ...
... sequestration is here , and is proceeding , and in the sequestration this question has arisen . I feel bound to say that the getting up of this company , the preliminary arrangements in re- gard to it , the preparation and issuing of ...
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... sequestration were pending in Scotland , and that the claim ought to be decided there . That was in the month of July 1873 , and from that time until the following January it appears that no proceedings were taken in the English ...
... sequestration were pending in Scotland , and that the claim ought to be decided there . That was in the month of July 1873 , and from that time until the following January it appears that no proceedings were taken in the English ...
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