The Revised Reports: Being a Republication of Such Cases in the English Courts of Common Law and Equity, from the Year 1785, as are Still of Practical Utility. 1785-1866, 117. köideFrederick Pollock, Robert Campbell, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead Sweet & Maxwell, limited, 1910 |
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Page 136
... agent : and the offence was therefore com- plete when the note was first given . Mr. Mellish has in- geniously endeavoured to apply to this case the rules applic- able to a civil action for the payment of wages . But that test is ...
... agent : and the offence was therefore com- plete when the note was first given . Mr. Mellish has in- geniously endeavoured to apply to this case the rules applic- able to a civil action for the payment of wages . But that test is ...
Page 180
... agent for the assignees , solicitor , and upon reading his deposition sworn in the Court this day , I , the Commissioner acting in the prosecution of the said petition , do find that , at the time when the said Robert Lane became ...
... agent for the assignees , solicitor , and upon reading his deposition sworn in the Court this day , I , the Commissioner acting in the prosecution of the said petition , do find that , at the time when the said Robert Lane became ...
Page 219
... agent of the plaintiff , to complete the contract , on behalf of the plaintiff , for the purchase of the said mare , but wholly omitted and refused so to do ; " whereby plaintiff was deprived of the benefit of the contract . Pleas : 1 ...
... agent of the plaintiff , to complete the contract , on behalf of the plaintiff , for the purchase of the said mare , but wholly omitted and refused so to do ; " whereby plaintiff was deprived of the benefit of the contract . Pleas : 1 ...
Page 223
... agent of the plaintiff ; and , that being so , it was his duty to knock down the article to the plaintiff , who was the highest legal bidder . The auctioneer is , it is true , in the first instance the agent of the seller who instructs ...
... agent of the plaintiff ; and , that being so , it was his duty to knock down the article to the plaintiff , who was the highest legal bidder . The auctioneer is , it is true , in the first instance the agent of the seller who instructs ...
Page 224
... agent of the buyer , and that the authority is conferred by the buyer bidding aloud . That decision was acted upon in White v . Proctor ( 1 ) . And in Kemeys v . Proctor ( 2 ) specific performance was decreed * against a purchaser , on ...
... agent of the buyer , and that the authority is conferred by the buyer bidding aloud . That decision was acted upon in White v . Proctor ( 1 ) . And in Kemeys v . Proctor ( 2 ) specific performance was decreed * against a purchaser , on ...
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Page 756 - London, (the act of God, the queen's enemies, fire, and all and every other dangers and accidents of the seas, rivers, and navigation, of whatever nature and kind soever, excepted,) unto order or to assigns, he or they paying freight for the said goods at 51.
Page 276 - Mariners, and of all other Perils, Losses, and Misfortunes, that have or shall come to the Hurt, Detriment, or Damage of the said Goods and Merchandises and Ship, &c., or any Part thereof...
Page 494 - But when the party by his own contract creates a duty or charge upon himself, he is bound to make it good, if he may, notwithstanding any accident by inevitable necessity, because he might have provided against it by his contract.
Page 42 - The General Parliament shall have power to make Laws for the peace, welfare, and good Government of the Federated Provinces (saving the Sovereignty of England), and especially Laws respecting the following subjects : 1.
Page 77 - ... at the foot or end thereof by the testator, or by some other person in his presence and by his direction; and such signature shall be made or acknowledged by the testator in the presence of two or more witnesses present at the same time, and such witnesses shall attest and shall subscribe the will in the presence of the testator, but no form of attestation shall be necessary.
Page 371 - ... it ceases to have any application; it cannot be applied to other circumstances which could not have been in the contemplation of the parties when the contract was made.
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Page 548 - ... and shall not have any further or other allowance for the same, upon taxation of costs, than such person or party would be entitled unto, in case the cause had been tried by a common jury ; unless the judge, before whom the cause is tried, shall, immediately after the verdict, certify, under his hand, upon the back of the record, that the same was a cause proper to be tried by a special jury.
Page 232 - The highest bidder shall be the buyer, and if any dispute arise between two or more bidders, the auctioneer shall either decide the same or put up for re-sale the lot so in dispute.
Page 816 - At the trial before me a verdict was taken for the plaintiffs, subject to the opinion of the court, on a case...