Reports of Cases Heard and Determined by the Lord Chancellor, and the Court of Appeal in Chancery [1851-1857]Sir John Peter De Gex, Sir Steuart Macnaghten, Great Britain. Court of Chancery, Alexander Gordon (Reporter) Little, Brown, 1871 - Equity |
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... issue by the bill . They contended that the object of the evidence was , in effect , to establish a new promise in reply to a plea of the Statute of Limitations , and that this could not be done without putting the fact of a new promise ...
... issue by the bill . They contended that the object of the evidence was , in effect , to establish a new promise in reply to a plea of the Statute of Limitations , and that this could not be done without putting the fact of a new promise ...
Page 28
... issue which the defendants were entitled to have raised distinctly by the bill , in order that they might address their attention to the circumstances attending the alleged acknowledgment , and which may have pre- vented it from having ...
... issue which the defendants were entitled to have raised distinctly by the bill , in order that they might address their attention to the circumstances attending the alleged acknowledgment , and which may have pre- vented it from having ...
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... issue the fact for the very pur- pose of establishing which the letter is produced ? Mr. Teed . There is no one in the present case by whom the money was payable . The trustees were not liable to pay it , and therefore the ...
... issue the fact for the very pur- pose of establishing which the letter is produced ? Mr. Teed . There is no one in the present case by whom the money was payable . The trustees were not liable to pay it , and therefore the ...
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... issue , or if he should attain twenty - one and die without leaving issue , and without having disposed of the same by his will , or other- wise , then over . Held , upon the construction of the whole will , that in the event ( which ...
... issue , or if he should attain twenty - one and die without leaving issue , and without having disposed of the same by his will , or other- wise , then over . Held , upon the construction of the whole will , that in the event ( which ...
Page 42
... issue , or if he should attain * 55 the age of twenty - one years and die without leaving lawful issue , and without having disposed of the same by his last will and testament or otherwise , then and in either of the said cases I give ...
... issue , or if he should attain * 55 the age of twenty - one years and die without leaving lawful issue , and without having disposed of the same by his last will and testament or otherwise , then and in either of the said cases I give ...
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Page 79 - Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works ; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
Page 602 - ... an agreement between a debtor and a creditor that the debt owing shall be paid out of a specific fund coming to the debtor, or an order given by a debtor to his creditor upon a person owing money or holding funds belonging to the giver of the order, directing such person to pay such funds to the creditor, will create a valid equitable charge upon such fund ; in other words, will operate as an equitable assignment of the debts or fund to which the order refers.
Page 141 - It was further held that when two persons for a consideration sufficient as between themselves, covenant to do some act which, if done, would incidentally result in the benefit of a mere stranger, that stranger has not a right to enforce the covenant, although one of the contracting parties might enforce it as against the other.
Page 653 - Held, first, that the goods were in the order and disposition of the bankrupt, at the time of his bankruptcy, with the consent of the true owner, within the 6 Geo.
Page 573 - Mill (the defendant), his heirs or assigns, or other the person or persons for the time being entitled as aforesaid...
Page 79 - I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love: remember, therefore, from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do thy first works...
Page 136 - ... granted, bargained, sold, assigned, transferred and set over, and by these presents...
Page 302 - ... if the court should be of opinion that the plaintiff was not entitled to recover.
Page 550 - ... for leave to file a supplemental bill in the nature of a bill of review.
Page 449 - CD for himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, doth covenant, promise and...