English Reports in Law and Equity: Containing Reports of Cases in the House of Lords, Privy Council, Courts of Equity and Common Law; and in the Admiralty and Ecclesiastical Courts; Including Also Cases in Bankruptcy and Crown Cases ReservedEdmund Hatch Bennett, Chauncey Smith C. C. Little and J. Brown, 1853 - Equity |
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... Lands . ) Durrant v . Friend , 2 • ( Insurance - Specific Legacies - Illegitimate Son . ) Earl v . Dowling , 420 ( New Trial - Absence of Counsel and Attorney . ) Eastern Archipelago Company's Case , 249 • ( Joint - Stock Company ...
... Lands . ) Durrant v . Friend , 2 • ( Insurance - Specific Legacies - Illegitimate Son . ) Earl v . Dowling , 420 ( New Trial - Absence of Counsel and Attorney . ) Eastern Archipelago Company's Case , 249 • ( Joint - Stock Company ...
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... ( Lands Clauses Consolidation Act - Arbitration - Costs . ) Regina v . Greene , • ( Poor Law Commissioners - Validity and Effect of Orders - Collector and Assistant Overseer - Appointment by Guardians - Power of Vestry un- der the 59 Geo ...
... ( Lands Clauses Consolidation Act - Arbitration - Costs . ) Regina v . Greene , • ( Poor Law Commissioners - Validity and Effect of Orders - Collector and Assistant Overseer - Appointment by Guardians - Power of Vestry un- der the 59 Geo ...
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... land , of Scotch parents , and was baptized , on the 12th of June 1795 , in the parish of New Monkland , in the county of Lanark , and was educated in Scotland for the medical profession . The testator had one brother , Thomas Watt ...
... land , of Scotch parents , and was baptized , on the 12th of June 1795 , in the parish of New Monkland , in the county of Lanark , and was educated in Scotland for the medical profession . The testator had one brother , Thomas Watt ...
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... land , but as none offered he visited Falkirk in the county of Sterling , and endeavored , but unsuccessfully , to make arrangements for suc- ceeding to a business there . In the autumn of 1828 , having obtained employment , he removed ...
... land , but as none offered he visited Falkirk in the county of Sterling , and endeavored , but unsuccessfully , to make arrangements for suc- ceeding to a business there . In the autumn of 1828 , having obtained employment , he removed ...
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... land ; he left there no house ; he left there no property , and no connections ; he even re- moved his sister's piano and became a stranger in the land of his birth . On the other hand , after leaving Scotland , his intention was ...
... land ; he left there no house ; he left there no property , and no connections ; he even re- moved his sister's piano and became a stranger in the land of his birth . On the other hand , after leaving Scotland , his intention was ...
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