Reports of Cases Decided in the High Court of Chancery ...: With Notes and References to Both English and American Decisions ...Gould, Banks & Company, 1847 - Equity |
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... consideration of the sum of 11507 . to be paid him . Upon the terms being agreed to , English desired the defendant Mr. Henry Walker , whom he employed on other occasions as his solicitor , to act for him in completing the sale . Mr ...
... consideration of the sum of 11507 . to be paid him . Upon the terms being agreed to , English desired the defendant Mr. Henry Walker , whom he employed on other occasions as his solicitor , to act for him in completing the sale . Mr ...
Page 14
... consideration for the good will of the business , on which neither the plaintiff nor Walker could have any claim . Mr. Pemberton Leigh in reply . — It is not true that you can- not have a decree against a defendant whom you examine as a ...
... consideration for the good will of the business , on which neither the plaintiff nor Walker could have any claim . Mr. Pemberton Leigh in reply . — It is not true that you can- not have a decree against a defendant whom you examine as a ...
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... consideration of it ; but at length the defendant succeeded in bringing the mat- ter before the commissioners under the act of parliament , with the view of procuring the proper steps to be taken to ascertain , in the manner directed by ...
... consideration of it ; but at length the defendant succeeded in bringing the mat- ter before the commissioners under the act of parliament , with the view of procuring the proper steps to be taken to ascertain , in the manner directed by ...
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... consideration of the question from the only tribunal which has complete jurisdiction to decide . If there be no jurisdiction to determine the question , according to the mode pointed cut by the act , then the whole proceeding will be a ...
... consideration of the question from the only tribunal which has complete jurisdiction to decide . If there be no jurisdiction to determine the question , according to the mode pointed cut by the act , then the whole proceeding will be a ...
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... consideration of the defendant Thorp prior to the institution of the suit . He refused to act on it . THE MASTER OF THE ROLLS : -The first question in this case , is whether I am to hold that the words " executors or ad- ministrators ...
... consideration of the defendant Thorp prior to the institution of the suit . He refused to act on it . THE MASTER OF THE ROLLS : -The first question in this case , is whether I am to hold that the words " executors or ad- ministrators ...
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Page 221 - ... unless in the meantime some part of the principal money, or some interest thereon, shall have been paid, or some acknowledgment of the right thereto shall have been given in writing, signed by the person by whom the same shall be payable, or his agent, to the person entitled thereto, or his agent...
Page 214 - Dec. 1833, no action or suit or other proceeding shall be brought to recover any sum of money secured by any mortgage, judgment or lien, or otherwise charged upon or payable out of any land or rent, at law or in equity, or any legacy, but within twenty years next after a present right to receive the same shall have accrued to some person capable of giving a discharge for or release of the same...
Page 437 - Joseph, upon trusts for his benefit, and after his decease, to the use of his first and other sons in tail with divers remainders over, under which, Thomas Stewart Kennedy was the first tenant in tail.
Page 486 - ... upon the application of the party chargeable by such bill with such directions, and subject to such conditions as the court or judge making such reference shall think proper...
Page xlvii - The statement shall be submitted within fourteen days from the date of the order, or within such extended time as the official receiver or the court may for special reasons appoint.
Page 211 - first son, and the heirs male of his body ; and in default of such issue, to the use of...
Page 184 - In cases of this kind, where the liability arises from the wrongful act of the parties, each is liable for all the consequences, and there is no contribution between them, and each case is distinct, depending upon the evidence against each party. It is therefore not necessary to make all persons parties who may have, more or less, joined in the act complained of...
Page 236 - December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, no action or suit or other proceeding shall be brought, to recover any sum of money secured by any mortgage, judgment, or lien, or otherwise charged upon or payable out of any land or rent, at law or in equity...
Page 151 - ... is entirely ignorant, and a contract is entered into, after representations made by the party who knows, or is supposed to know, without any means of verification being resorted to by the other, it may well enough be presumed, that the ignorant man relied on the statements made by him who was supposed to be better informed...