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 Reserved, [1850-1857], Volume 2Edmund Hatch Bennett, Chauncey Smith C.C. Little and J. Brown, 1851 - Equity |
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... question , then , is , What is the effect upon this will of the de- vise , on failure of issue of John Baker ? It is not a devise on failure of issue of the daughters of John Baker , which would have cut down the estate given to them to ...
... question , then , is , What is the effect upon this will of the de- vise , on failure of issue of John Baker ? It is not a devise on failure of issue of the daughters of John Baker , which would have cut down the estate given to them to ...
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... question was , whether it was a vested interest in her so as to descend to her heir , or vested by pur- chase ; and it is clear that the decree could not have proceeded upon the referential construction ; for the terms of the decree ...
... question was , whether it was a vested interest in her so as to descend to her heir , or vested by pur- chase ; and it is clear that the decree could not have proceeded upon the referential construction ; for the terms of the decree ...
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... question is , the meaning of the founder's words , ' Protestant dissenters , ' and whether Unitarians are included in that description . In Lady Hew- ley's Case the evidence used below embraced a wide range , much of which was probably ...
... question is , the meaning of the founder's words , ' Protestant dissenters , ' and whether Unitarians are included in that description . In Lady Hew- ley's Case the evidence used below embraced a wide range , much of which was probably ...
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... question was , whether the period of accumulation of the legacy given to Frances Sarah Gyles was to be taken to have termi- nated in 1846 , the expiration of twenty - one years from the death of the testatrix , or whether such legacy ...
... question was , whether the period of accumulation of the legacy given to Frances Sarah Gyles was to be taken to have termi- nated in 1846 , the expiration of twenty - one years from the death of the testatrix , or whether such legacy ...
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... question of whether she was liable in the one char- acter or the other , but having entered into the question generally of whether she was liable at all , decided she was not , but decided that , quite independently of the particular ...
... question of whether she was liable in the one char- acter or the other , but having entered into the question generally of whether she was liable at all , decided she was not , but decided that , quite independently of the particular ...
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Page 330 - London, (the act of God, the queen's enemies, fire, and all and every other dangers and accidents of the seas, rivers, and navigation, of whatever nature and kind soever, excepted,) unto order or to assigns, he or they paying freight for the said goods at 51.
Page 493 - Viet. c. 85, s. 1 1, it is enacted, '•' that on the trial of any person for any of the offences hereinbefore mentioned, or for any felony whatever, where the crime charged shall include an assault against the person, it shall be lawful for the jury to acquit of the felony, and to find a verdict of guilty of assault against the person indicted, if the evidence shall warrant such finding...
Page 90 - That no obliteration, interlineation, or other alteration made in any will after the execution thereof shall be valid or have any effect, except so far as the words or effect of the will before such alteration shall not be apparent, unless such alteration shall be executed in like manner as herein-before is required for the execution of the will...
Page 147 - No officer commanding a guard, or provost marshal, shall refuse to receive or keep any prisoner committed to his charge by an officer belonging to the forces of the United States; provided the officer committing shall, at the same time, deliver an account in writing, signed by himself, of the crime with which the said prisoner is charged.
Page 338 - Davison, and his assigns, for and during the term of his natural life, without impeachment of, or for any manner of waste...
Page 403 - Subject to the provisions and restrictions in this and the special Act, and any Act incorporated therewith, it shall be lawful for the company, for the purpose of constructing the railway, or the accommodation works connected therewith, hereinafter mentioned, to execute any of the following works ; (that is to say,) They may make or construct, in, upon, across, under, or over any lands, or any streets...
Page 91 - ... is required for the execution of the will; but the will, with such alteration as part thereof, shall be deemed to be duly executed if the signature of the testator and the subscription of the witnesses be made in the margin or on some other part of the will...
Page 30 - ... to any provision for raising portions for any child or children of any grantor, settler, or devisor, or any child or children of any person taking any interest under any such conveyance, settlement, or devise, or to any direction touching the produce of timber or wood upon any lands or tenements.
Page 315 - Provided always, that every creditor shall be accounted a creditor in value in respect of such amount only as, upon an account fairly stated, after allowing the value of mortgaged property and other such available securities or liens from such trader, shall appear to be the balance due to him.
Page 421 - Columbia, laborer, not having the fear of God before his eyes, but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the devil...