Reports of Cases Decided in the High Court of Chancery ...: With Notes and References to Both English and American Decisions ...Gould, Banks & Company, 1843 - Equity |
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... object for which the letter of the 8th March was applied for , was to ascertain the exact weights and marks of the iron ; the acknowledgment is only this , viz . that so far as Raikes had a title , that title is transferred to Thornton ...
... object for which the letter of the 8th March was applied for , was to ascertain the exact weights and marks of the iron ; the acknowledgment is only this , viz . that so far as Raikes had a title , that title is transferred to Thornton ...
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... object than the welfare of the children . • The court will be desirous as far as possible , to consult the feelings and wishes of the mother , but that desire will not induce it in any particular to depart from the course , which it may ...
... object than the welfare of the children . • The court will be desirous as far as possible , to consult the feelings and wishes of the mother , but that desire will not induce it in any particular to depart from the course , which it may ...
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... object by merely dabbling in some illegal speculation . To justify the defendant's position , the alleged illegality must have been [ * 75 ] the illegality of the plaintiff himself , and must have tainted the whole transaction but so ...
... object by merely dabbling in some illegal speculation . To justify the defendant's position , the alleged illegality must have been [ * 75 ] the illegality of the plaintiff himself , and must have tainted the whole transaction but so ...
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... object of effecting an illegal purpose , the present case falls directly within the principle of De Begnis v . Armistead . At the hearing before the Vice Chancellor , the defendant's counsel offered to return to the plaintiff the amount ...
... object of effecting an illegal purpose , the present case falls directly within the principle of De Begnis v . Armistead . At the hearing before the Vice Chancellor , the defendant's counsel offered to return to the plaintiff the amount ...
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... object ; besides which , the lease then existing has expired , and there is no evidence of any new lease having been granted , and the answer says that it has been refused . [ 1 ] In De Begnis v . Armistead the plaintiff was not ...
... object ; besides which , the lease then existing has expired , and there is no evidence of any new lease having been granted , and the answer says that it has been refused . [ 1 ] In De Begnis v . Armistead the plaintiff was not ...
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Page 223 - ... to be void or else to remain in full force and virtue.
Page 799 - Officer] to take an account of what is due to the plaintiff for principal and interest on the mortgage...
Page 625 - Act, or otherwise by law, the surplus thereof shall be applied under the direction of the council for the public benefit of the inhabitants and improvement of the borough.
Page 799 - Defendants, yet on a bill filed in equity, it was referred to the Master to take an account of what was due to the...
Page 533 - Bank 3 per cent. annuities, standing in the name of the AccountantGeneral, in trust in this cause, to the account of Waters, and 1981.
Page 711 - Every will that shall be made by a testator, in express terms, of all his real estate, or in any other terms denoting his intent to devise all his real property, shall be construed to pass all the real estate, which he was entitled to devise, at the time of his death.
Page 239 - ... should direct or appoint: and in default of such direction or appointment...
Page 799 - If a creditor does not come in till after the executor has paid away the residue, he is not without remedy, though he is barred the benefit of that decree. If he has a mind to sue the legatees, and bring back the fund, he may do so; but he cannot affect the legatees, except by suit; and he cannot affect the executor at all.
Page 799 - ... seised or possessed, in trust for him against whom execution is so sued, like as the sheriff or other officer might or ought to have done, if the said party against whom execution...
Page 711 - ... and also to all rights of entry for conditions broken, and other rights of entry; and also to such of the same estates, interests and rights respectively, and other real and personal estate, as the testator may be entitled to at the time of his death, notwithstanding that he may become entitled to the same subsequently to the execution of his will.