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It will readily be seen that these Series will possess an advantage over any one
of the English . Brief references to American cases of a character kindred to those
reported will be given . The marginal paging of the original English Report is ...
It will readily be seen that these Series will possess an advantage over any one
of the English . Brief references to American cases of a character kindred to those
reported will be given . The marginal paging of the original English Report is ...
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Declaration , that the defendant was possessed of yew trees , the clippings off
which he knew to be poisonous , and that it was the duty of the defendant to
prevent the clippings from being placed on land not occupied by him : that the ...
Declaration , that the defendant was possessed of yew trees , the clippings off
which he knew to be poisonous , and that it was the duty of the defendant to
prevent the clippings from being placed on land not occupied by him : that the ...
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Herschell was not heard in reply . MELLOR , J . I am of opinion that this
declaration is bad . The duty alleged does not result from the facts stated . The
facts upon which this duty is said to be founded are these : the defendant was
possessed of ...
Herschell was not heard in reply . MELLOR , J . I am of opinion that this
declaration is bad . The duty alleged does not result from the facts stated . The
facts upon which this duty is said to be founded are these : the defendant was
possessed of ...
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The testator having died in 1833 , William Hannaford , the first devisee for life ,
took possession and enjoyed the estate till his death in 1838 . His four sons , the
testator ' s nephews , referred to in the will , survived their father . William , the ...
The testator having died in 1833 , William Hannaford , the first devisee for life ,
took possession and enjoyed the estate till his death in 1838 . His four sons , the
testator ' s nephews , referred to in the will , survived their father . William , the ...
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The rent actually due was tendered to the bailiff , with expenses , but refused ,
and he remained in possession until an undertaking was given on behalf of the
plaintiff for payment of the whole demand , and a part amounting to 21 . 7s . was ...
The rent actually due was tendered to the bailiff , with expenses , but refused ,
and he remained in possession until an undertaking was given on behalf of the
plaintiff for payment of the whole demand , and a part amounting to 21 . 7s . was ...
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Page 318 - We think that the true rule of law is, that the person who for his own purposes brings on his lands and collects and keeps there, anything likely to do mischief if it escapes, must keep it in at his peril, and, if he does not do so is prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape.
Page 393 - But nothing herein contained shall render any person who in any criminal proceeding is charged with the commission of any indictable offence, or any offence punishable on summary conviction, competent or compellable to give evidence for or against himself or herself, or shall render any person compellable to answer any question tending to criminate himself or herself...
Page 730 - January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, and that every will re-executed or republished, or revived by any codicil, shall for the purposes of this act be deemed to have been made at the time at which the same shall be so re-executed, republished, or revived...
Page 193 - The executors and administrators of every person, who, as executor, either of right or in his own wrong, or as administrator, shall have wasted or converted to his own use, any goods, chattels, or estate, of any deceased person, shall be chargeable in the same manner as their testator or intestate would have been, if living.
Page 220 - ... on the other hand, the promisee may, if he thinks proper, treat the repudiation of the other party as a wrongful putting an end to the contract, and may at once bring his action as on a breach of it ; and in such...
Page 133 - ... and that there was no contributory negligence on the part of the plaintiff.
Page 392 - Provided that this Act shall not render competent any party to any suit, action, or proceeding individually named in the record, or any lessor of the plaintiff or tenant of premises sought to be recovered in ejectment, or the landlord or other person in whose right any defendant in replevin may make cognizance, or any person in whose immediate and individual behalf, any action may be brought or defended, either wholly or in part, or the husband or wife of such persons respectively...
Page 690 - ... that it could not have been the intention of the parties that the habendum should operate according to the words.
Page 117 - While, if the Court .should be of opinion that there was no evidence to go to the jury of their having employed Champion to make the levy in this particular place.
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| Title | Reports of Cases Decided by the English Courts: With Notes and References to Kindred Cases and Authorities, Volume 1 |
| Author | Nathaniel Cleveland Moak |
| Contributor | John Thomas Cook |
| Publisher | William Gould, 1872 |
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