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... defendant shall not be estopped from doing the same . Lord ELLENBOROUGH C. J. Is not the acceptor , before he accepts a bill drawn upon him in the name of an aggregate firm , bound to know whether the firm consists of a plurality of ...
... defendant shall not be estopped from doing the same . Lord ELLENBOROUGH C. J. Is not the acceptor , before he accepts a bill drawn upon him in the name of an aggregate firm , bound to know whether the firm consists of a plurality of ...
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... defendant says it exists . The defendant , by his acceptance , has said , there is a firm of Ellis , Needham , jun . and Co. , and that to their order he will pay it . He is precluded from saying that the word " our " is not well ...
... defendant says it exists . The defendant , by his acceptance , has said , there is a firm of Ellis , Needham , jun . and Co. , and that to their order he will pay it . He is precluded from saying that the word " our " is not well ...
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... defendant and one D. Backouse , since deceased , of the other part , whereby the defendant and the said D. B. jointly and severally covenanted with the plaintiff to pay and satisfy , or cause to be paid and satis- of the proceed - fied ...
... defendant and one D. Backouse , since deceased , of the other part , whereby the defendant and the said D. B. jointly and severally covenanted with the plaintiff to pay and satisfy , or cause to be paid and satis- of the proceed - fied ...
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... defendant , and D. B. , which suit was abated by the death of D. B. and C. B. , but was afterwards , by bill of revivor , revived against the plaintiff , W. P. , and the defendant , and such proceedings were had that after- wards it was ...
... defendant , and D. B. , which suit was abated by the death of D. B. and C. B. , but was afterwards , by bill of revivor , revived against the plaintiff , W. P. , and the defendant , and such proceedings were had that after- wards it was ...
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... defendant and W. P. in the original suit pro confesso for want of an answer . The defendant , in maintenance of his pleas , proposed to shew that the proceedings in the court of Grenada were erroneous , inasmuch as the ac- count was ...
... defendant and W. P. in the original suit pro confesso for want of an answer . The defendant , in maintenance of his pleas , proposed to shew that the proceedings in the court of Grenada were erroneous , inasmuch as the ac- count was ...
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Page 396 - All crimes not capital, and all disorders and neglects, which officers and soldiers may be guilty of, to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, though not mentioned in the foregoing articles of war, are to be taken cognizance of by a general or regimental court-martial, according to the nature and degree of the offence, and be punished at their discretion.
Page 494 - An Act to repeal certain Acts, and amend other Acts, relating to Religious Worship, and Assemblies, and persons teaching or preaching therein ; " and hereby request a Certificate thereof.
Page 42 - Warwick, the sessions confirmed the order, subject to the opinion of this Court upon the following case. The order of removal was as follows : — County of Warwick, to wit.
Page 268 - Council shall decide whether the same be, or be not, connected with the civil or military government and revenues of the said territories and possessions in India ; which decision shall be final and conclusive.
Page 377 - EF as aforesaid, before and at the said several times when, &c. necessarily had, and of right ought to have had, and still of right ought to have...
Page 170 - If there be a warranty annexed to the release, then the son shall be barred, for albeit the release cannot bar the right for the cause aforesaid, yet the warranty may rebut and bar him and his heirs of a future right which was not in him at that time...
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Page 47 - But here the covenant passes with the land to the devisee, and has been broken in the time of the devisee ; for so long as the defendant has not a good title, there is a continuing breach ; and it is not like a covenant to do an act of solitary performance, which, not being done, the covenant is broken once for all, but is in the nature of a covenant to do a thing totics quot'us, as the exigency of the case may require.
Page 28 - Maranham, to be advanced by the plaintiff', /iis agents or assigns, to the defendant, when required, free from interest and commission, at the current exchange of the place, and the residue of such freight to be paid on the delivery of the cargo in Liverpool, in good and approved bills on London not exceeding three months date.
Page 251 - The only question is whether this is a conversion in the clerk, which undoubtedly was so in the master. The clerk acted under an unavoidable ignorance and for his master's benefit, when he sent the goods to his master: but, nevertheless, his acts may amount to a conversion ; for a person is guilty of...