The Law Reports: Equity cases, before the Master of Rolls and the vice-chancellors, Volume 13T. & J. W. Johnson & Company, 1872 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... bill , gives the year of filing , the initial letter of the surname of first Plaintiff , and the con- secutive number of the bills of that year and letter , and leads to the file of pleadings in the Record and Writ Clerk's Office . The ...
... bill , gives the year of filing , the initial letter of the surname of first Plaintiff , and the con- secutive number of the bills of that year and letter , and leads to the file of pleadings in the Record and Writ Clerk's Office . The ...
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... bill against the two Defendants , praying that it might be declared that , in addition to the said contract price of £ 13,690 , he was entitled to be paid by measure and value for all quantities of work executed by him beyond the ...
... bill against the two Defendants , praying that it might be declared that , in addition to the said contract price of £ 13,690 , he was entitled to be paid by measure and value for all quantities of work executed by him beyond the ...
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... bill . The case of Kemp v . Rose ( 1 ) , relied on by the other side , is not law . It is inconsistent with the decision of the House of Lords in Ranger V. KIMBERLEY Great Western Railway Company ( 2 ) , where a contract was entered ...
... bill . The case of Kemp v . Rose ( 1 ) , relied on by the other side , is not law . It is inconsistent with the decision of the House of Lords in Ranger V. KIMBERLEY Great Western Railway Company ( 2 ) , where a contract was entered ...
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... bill is framed on the ground of equitable fraud ; but even if that were established , the contract would not be void , but voidable where redress could be obtained at law . Lastly , if the Plaintiff seeks to set aside the contract he ...
... bill is framed on the ground of equitable fraud ; but even if that were established , the contract would not be void , but voidable where redress could be obtained at law . Lastly , if the Plaintiff seeks to set aside the contract he ...
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... bill should be dismissed with costs . It is true . that there are allegations in the bill impeaching the propriety of White's conduct , but no relief is prayed against him . There is no case of collusion between Dick and White , and no ...
... bill should be dismissed with costs . It is true . that there are allegations in the bill impeaching the propriety of White's conduct , but no relief is prayed against him . There is no case of collusion between Dick and White , and no ...
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Page 91 - Whosoever, being a director, manager, or public officer of any body corporate or public company, shall make, circulate, or publish, or concur in making, circulating, or publishing, any written statement or account which he shall know to be false in any material particular, with intent to deceive or defraud any member, shareholder, or creditor of such body corporate or public company, or with intent to induce any person to become a shareholder or partner therein, or to entrust or advance any property...
Page 155 - ... till after they had received the notification that the defendants had received their answer and assented to it. And so it might go on ad infinitum.
Page 298 - ... that it could not have been the intention of the parties that the habendum should operate according to the words.
Page 567 - ... if any person so summoned, after being tendered a reasonable sum for his expenses, refuses to come before the court...
Page 615 - ... on the trial of any issue joined or of any matter or question, or on any inquiry arising in any suit, action, or...
Page 135 - ... equally to be divided between them, share and share alike, and if only one such child, then to such only child the...
Page 338 - ... either by action at law or in a summary manner before a justice of the peace, at the option of the said vestry or board, in manner provided by the two hundred and twenty-seventh section of the first recited Act as to the recovery of penalties.
Page 615 - Act, 1851 («), s. 14 of which enacts that " whenever any book or other document is of such a public nature as to be admissible in evidence on its mere production from the proper custody, and no statute exists which renders its contents provable by means of a copy, any copy thereof, or extract therefrom, shall be admissible in evidence in any court of justice, or before...
Page 52 - There can be no doubt of the power of the Court to grant a new trial where in such an action the damages are excessive.
Page 434 - Where an Executor or Administrator shall have given such or the like Notices as in the Opinion of the Court in which such Executor or Administrator is sought to be charged would have been given by the Court of Chancery in an Administration Suit...