The Exchequer Reports: Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer & Exchequer Chamber ... Easter Term, 19 Vict., to [Hilary Vacation, 25 Vict.] Both Inclusive [1856-1862], 2. köideH. Sweet, W. Maxwell, and V. & R. Stevens & G. S. Norton, 1858 |
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... liable to a penalty of 20 weekly . The defendants covenanted to pay the 38807. , and such further sums as should be payable in respect of deviations from the works . The specification , which was under the seal of the Company ...
... liable to a penalty of 20 weekly . The defendants covenanted to pay the 38807. , and such further sums as should be payable in respect of deviations from the works . The specification , which was under the seal of the Company ...
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... liable . Certain minutes of meetings were put in , by which it appeared that Howting and Murray had been employed by the company , and that the defend- ants Barnard and Gorham were present at such meetings . 1857 . MILLS บ . HOLTON ...
... liable . Certain minutes of meetings were put in , by which it appeared that Howting and Murray had been employed by the company , and that the defend- ants Barnard and Gorham were present at such meetings . 1857 . MILLS บ . HOLTON ...
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... liable for any misfeazance : Elsee v . Gatward ( b ) . Howting and Murray were the mere servants of the company and not independent contractors who had a right to do the work in any way they pleased ; the defendants are therefore liable ...
... liable for any misfeazance : Elsee v . Gatward ( b ) . Howting and Murray were the mere servants of the company and not independent contractors who had a right to do the work in any way they pleased ; the defendants are therefore liable ...
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... liable except for their own gross negligence : Story on Bailments , s . 181 . In Shiells v . Blackburne ( d ) a merchant undertook , voluntarily and without reward , to enter a parcel of goods , together with a parcel of his own of the ...
... liable except for their own gross negligence : Story on Bailments , s . 181 . In Shiells v . Blackburne ( d ) a merchant undertook , voluntarily and without reward , to enter a parcel of goods , together with a parcel of his own of the ...
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... liable for his acts , though it might be otherwise if the landlord sent in his own work- men . ] Here the defendants were not in business them- selves . In sending workmen , they therefore undertook to do no more than employ at their ...
... liable for his acts , though it might be otherwise if the landlord sent in his own work- men . ] Here the defendants were not in business them- selves . In sending workmen , they therefore undertook to do no more than employ at their ...
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Page 209 - ... construct gasworks and to supply gas and sell and dispose of the coke ; the surplus profits to go in reduction of the water-rates and otherwise towards the improvement of the town. In an action against the defendants, the declaration alleged that they employed workmen to lay down the pipes, who so negligently conducted themselves that a piece of metal was projected against the plaintiff. The defendants pleaded, that the grievances were...