The Law of Railway Companies, Comprising the Companies Clauses: The Lands Clauses, the Railways Clauses Consolidation Acts, the Railway Companies Act, 1867, (with the General Order and Rules Thereon,) and the Regulation of Railways Act, 1868; with Notes of All the Cases Decided on Those ActsStevens and Haynes, 1869 - 552 pages |
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... referred to in several other portions of the work , and are included in the Index . * Some cases decided since the beginning of this year will be found in the Addenda . By making the Index as comprehensive as possible , the.
... referred to in several other portions of the work , and are included in the Index . * Some cases decided since the beginning of this year will be found in the Addenda . By making the Index as comprehensive as possible , the.
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... referred to the Master to ascertain the title to the shares , but it was admitted that the plaintiff , the vendor , had a right to some relief : ( Shaw v . Fisher , 5 R. C. 461. ) So , at law there is an implied promise that he will ...
... referred to the Master to ascertain the title to the shares , but it was admitted that the plaintiff , the vendor , had a right to some relief : ( Shaw v . Fisher , 5 R. C. 461. ) So , at law there is an implied promise that he will ...
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... referred to arbitration : ( Maunsell v . Midland Great Western ( Ireland ) Railway Co. , 1 H. & M. 130. ) If the Court , in adjudicating upon cases of alleged abuse of power by directors , be of opinion that there is a question of fact ...
... referred to arbitration : ( Maunsell v . Midland Great Western ( Ireland ) Railway Co. , 1 H. & M. 130. ) If the Court , in adjudicating upon cases of alleged abuse of power by directors , be of opinion that there is a question of fact ...
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... referred , to the exclusion of the authority of the Court , can be relied on as a defence to an action , see Scott v . Avery , 5 H. L. 811 ; Horton V. Sayer , 4 H. & N. 643 . It has been decided that the engineer is the judge only of ...
... referred , to the exclusion of the authority of the Court , can be relied on as a defence to an action , see Scott v . Avery , 5 H. L. 811 ; Horton V. Sayer , 4 H. & N. 643 . It has been decided that the engineer is the judge only of ...
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... referred to were rightly charged to capital or not , no injunction could be granted on that ground , as the balance car- ried over to the next half - year exceeded the amount so charged ; but his Lordship continued the injunction on the ...
... referred to were rightly charged to capital or not , no injunction could be granted on that ground , as the balance car- ried over to the next half - year exceeded the amount so charged ; but his Lordship continued the injunction on the ...
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Page 405 - ... in every such action the jury may give such damages as they may think proportioned to the injury resulting from such death to the parties respectively for whom and for whose benefit such action shall be brought...
Page cxxxvi - ... shall be paid into the receipt of her Majesty's Exchequer in such manner as the Treasury may direct, and shall be carried to and form part of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom.
Page cxii - ... being hereby declared to be null and void : Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the said companies from making such conditions with respect to the receiving, forwarding and delivering of any of the said animals, articles, goods or things as shall be adjudged by the Court or judge before whom any question relating thereto shall be tried, to be just and reasonable...
Page 319 - ... for the value of the lands so taken or used, and for all damage sustained by such owners, occupiers, and other parties, by reason of the exercise, as regards such lands, of the powers by this or the special Act, or any Act incorporated therewith, vested in the Company...
Page 394 - ... or advantage or prejudice or disadvantage, as aforesaid, and so that no obstruction may be offered to the public desirous of using such railways or GROUP RATESCONSTRUCT i ojr OF ACT CONCERNING.
Page clxxxviii - Speed be paid into the Bank of England in the Name and with the Privity of the Accountant General of the Court of Exchequer, to be placed to his Account there ex parte " The Copyhold Commissioners...
Page 302 - ... at a time and place mentioned in such summons, and to administer to him an oath to testify the truth in such matter ; and if any person so summoned shall, without reasonable excuse, refuse or neglect to appear at the time and place appointed for that purpose, having been paid or tendered...
Page 116 - Any notice, if served by post, shall be deemed to have been served at the time when the letter containing the same would be delivered in the ordinary course of the post; and in proving such service it shall be sufficient to prove that the letter containing the notice was properly addressed and put into the post office.
Page 121 - Party making the same be deemed a Trespasser, on account of any Defect or Want of Form in the Summons', Conviction, Warrant, Distress, or other Proceeding relating thereto, nor shall such Party be deemed a Trespasser ab initio...
Page 1 - An Act for consolidating in one Act certain provisions usually inserted in Acts with respect, to the constitution of Companies incorporated for carrying on undertakings of a public nature.