The Equity Reports: Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Chancery Together with Reports of Cases Carried by Appeal from that Court to the House of Lords, Also Reports of Cases Carried by Appeal from Colonial Courts of Equity to the Privy Council, 1. köideA. & G.A. Spottiswoode, 1854 |
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... personal estate . Held , also , that it was not competent to a testator to disappoint , by a devise in his will , the rule of law in that respect . EQ . - VOL . I. B 1853 . TURNER 2 . Cox . Statement . insufficiency THE ...
... personal estate . Held , also , that it was not competent to a testator to disappoint , by a devise in his will , the rule of law in that respect . EQ . - VOL . I. B 1853 . TURNER 2 . Cox . Statement . insufficiency THE ...
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... devise in the will , or otherwise , accord- ing to the law of Barbadoes under the circumstances stated , entitled to rank equally and be paid out of the proceeds of the said estates , rateably and equally with the other debts ; and that ...
... devise in the will , or otherwise , accord- ing to the law of Barbadoes under the circumstances stated , entitled to rank equally and be paid out of the proceeds of the said estates , rateably and equally with the other debts ; and that ...
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... provide for the sums charged upon it . Held , that the estates acquired by the testator by the deed of gift did not pass by the devise to the trustees . years , to commence from the day next before the 12 THE EQUITY REPORTS .
... provide for the sums charged upon it . Held , that the estates acquired by the testator by the deed of gift did not pass by the devise to the trustees . years , to commence from the day next before the 12 THE EQUITY REPORTS .
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... by the testator in this devise . They cited Trent v . Hanning ( a ) , and Doe v . Hazlewood ( b ) . ( a ) 7 East , 97 . ( b ) 15 Jur . 272 . Mr. Bacon appeared for the testator's younger children , and 14 THE EQUITY REPORTS .
... by the testator in this devise . They cited Trent v . Hanning ( a ) , and Doe v . Hazlewood ( b ) . ( a ) 7 East , 97 . ( b ) 15 Jur . 272 . Mr. Bacon appeared for the testator's younger children , and 14 THE EQUITY REPORTS .
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... devise , but which , as the law then stood , he took by descent ; and a third portion his father had given to him by deed of gift in the father's lifetime , some years before the date of the will . After the execution of the deed of ...
... devise , but which , as the law then stood , he took by descent ; and a third portion his father had given to him by deed of gift in the father's lifetime , some years before the date of the will . After the execution of the deed of ...
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act of Parliament aforesaid amount annuity appeared appellant applied Argument Ashby Folville assigns bankrupt Beav bequest bill Bishop of Winchester CHANCELLOR charge claim clause contract costs Court Court of Equity creditors daughters death debts decease declared decree deed default defendant devise directed effect entitled EVANS Ewelme execution executors exercise filed fund George Yeo gift heirs held hospital husband indenture intention interest issue John John Key joint Judgment land lease legacies Lord Chancellor Lord Eldon LORD JUSTICE Lords JJ Lordship M'Kellar male manor marriage master ment mortgage opinion paid parties partner payment personal estate plaintiff power of appointment power of revocation promissory note purchase question Railway Company real estate referred rents residuary residue respect settlement shares Solicitors Statement statute surviving tenant testator's thereof tion trust twenty-one vendor vested VICE-CHANCELLOR Vict wife words
Popular passages
Page 76 - Any contract which if made between private persons would be by law required to be in writing, and signed by the parties to be charged therewith, may be made on behalf of the company in writing signed by any person acting under the express or implied authority of the company, and such contract may in the same manner be varied or discharged.
Page 471 - I will that they, my said trustees, and the survivors and survivor of them, and the heirs, executors, and administrators of such survivor...
Page 504 - The bill prayed that an account might be taken of what was due to the Plaintiff; that the 1250/.
Page 292 - ... in the presence of, and attested by, two or more credible witnesses...
Page 331 - No suit in the said Court shall be open to objection on the ground that a merely declaratory decree or order is sought thereby, and it shall be lawful for the Court to make binding declarations of right without granting consequential relief.
Page 250 - Bill authorising the taking of such lands ; but all such monies shall be deemed to have been contracted to be paid for and on account of the several parties interested in such lands, as well in possession as in remainder, reversion, or expectancy : Provided always, that it shall be in the discretion of the Court of Chancery [in England or the...
Page 243 - Ring, or the survivor of them, or the executors or administrators of such survivor, should...
Page 420 - Bache to hold to them for and during their natural lives, and the life of the longest liver of them, and from and after the decease of the survivor of them...
Page 546 - Plaintiff in the hereditaments and premises, together with interest thereon at the rate of 51. per cent. per annum, from the time of entering upon the hereditaments and premises by the.
Page 284 - ... or transferring any such bill of exchange or promissory note, be void, nor shall the liability of any party to any such bill of exchange or promissory note, nor the liability of any person borrowing any sum of money as aforesaid, be affected by reason of any statute or law in force for the prevention of usury...