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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Page 40
... Statute of Frauds ( 29 Car . 2 , cap . 3 , ss . 7 , 8 ) . But the demurrer admits the statement of fact in the bill that he acted as testamentary guardian ; so that , if the law of India should be the same as that of England with ...
... Statute of Frauds ( 29 Car . 2 , cap . 3 , ss . 7 , 8 ) . But the demurrer admits the statement of fact in the bill that he acted as testamentary guardian ; so that , if the law of India should be the same as that of England with ...
Page 41
... statute will not run : Butler v . Foster ( 1 ) ; and lapse of time alone is not a defence in this Court : Woodhouse v . Woodhouse ( 2 ) . The reluctance of the Plaintiffs to sue Sir De Lacy Evans him- self , who was the nephew of their ...
... statute will not run : Butler v . Foster ( 1 ) ; and lapse of time alone is not a defence in this Court : Woodhouse v . Woodhouse ( 2 ) . The reluctance of the Plaintiffs to sue Sir De Lacy Evans him- self , who was the nephew of their ...
Page 50
... statute ( and which are the same as those applicable in all such like cases ) , so much of his land as they required for their undertaking , they would , in making their railway , make a siding out of that railway upon land belonging to ...
... statute ( and which are the same as those applicable in all such like cases ) , so much of his land as they required for their undertaking , they would , in making their railway , make a siding out of that railway upon land belonging to ...
Page 63
... statute 8 & 9 Vict . c . 112 , this term would have still subsisted . The term in this case has not been destroyed by any tenant in tail . Next , taking the whole context of this will , and looking at the pedigree , it cannot be ...
... statute 8 & 9 Vict . c . 112 , this term would have still subsisted . The term in this case has not been destroyed by any tenant in tail . Next , taking the whole context of this will , and looking at the pedigree , it cannot be ...
Page 91
... statute 3 & 4 Will . 4 , c . 42 . It appeared that Mr. Peek never examined the first deed , although it was open to the inspection of the public , nor instituted any inves- tigation into the affairs of the company previously to the ...
... statute 3 & 4 Will . 4 , c . 42 . It appeared that Mr. Peek never examined the first deed , although it was open to the inspection of the public , nor instituted any inves- tigation into the affairs of the company previously to the ...
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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...