Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During the Time of Lord Chancellor Cottenham, with a Few in the Time of the Lords Commissioners, and of Sir C. C. Pepys, Master of the Rolls, Volume 3Saunders and Benning, 1839 - Equity |
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... in any manner shew how the debt for which the bond was given , or any part of it , arose , or what was the consideration , or any part of the consideration for the bond , bond , or ( with the exception of the fact 22 CASES IN CHANCERY .
... in any manner shew how the debt for which the bond was given , or any part of it , arose , or what was the consideration , or any part of the consideration for the bond , bond , or ( with the exception of the fact 22 CASES IN CHANCERY .
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... exception of the fact , that Stewart had betted or laid wagers on horse races ) the truth of the matters mentioned in the bill : and that one of the Defendants being fully aware , as the fact was , that such memorandum books , memoranda ...
... exception of the fact , that Stewart had betted or laid wagers on horse races ) the truth of the matters mentioned in the bill : and that one of the Defendants being fully aware , as the fact was , that such memorandum books , memoranda ...
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... exception of Russell and Thomas March and Prudence March , appealed from the whole of this decree , except so far as it affected Russell . Mr. Barber , Mr. Koe , and Mr. Loftus Lowndes , in support of the appeal , said that Grant's ...
... exception of Russell and Thomas March and Prudence March , appealed from the whole of this decree , except so far as it affected Russell . Mr. Barber , Mr. Koe , and Mr. Loftus Lowndes , in support of the appeal , said that Grant's ...
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... exception to a rule well known and established in all other cases ; Robinson v . Pett . ( a ) A factor acting as executor is not so entitled ; Scattergood v . Harrison ( b ) : nor a commission agent ; Sheriff v . Axe . ( c ) Why is the ...
... exception to a rule well known and established in all other cases ; Robinson v . Pett . ( a ) A factor acting as executor is not so entitled ; Scattergood v . Harrison ( b ) : nor a commission agent ; Sheriff v . Axe . ( c ) Why is the ...
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... exception to the rule , because Phillips , in whom , as first mortgagee , the legal estate is vested , is not willing to convey it to the Plain- tiff , the purchaser , without having competent authority for so doing , and that , the ...
... exception to the rule , because Phillips , in whom , as first mortgagee , the legal estate is vested , is not willing to convey it to the Plain- tiff , the purchaser , without having competent authority for so doing , and that , the ...
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Page 166 - ... all right, title, interest and equity of redemption of, in and to the said premises ; and the Master is to settle the conveyance if the parties differ about the same.
Page 756 - In every species of assumpsit, all matters in confession and avoidance, including not only those by way of discharge, but those which show the transaction to be either void or voidable in point of law, on the ground of fraud or otherwise, shall be specially pleaded.
Page 256 - 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 41 - 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 727 - A court of equity frequently refuses an injunction where it acknowledges a right, when the conduct of the party complaining has led to the state of things that occasions the application ; and therefore, without saying with whom the right is, whether it is in this lady, or whether it is concurrently in both, I think it is a case in which strict law only ought to govern.
Page 416 - Upon the construction of this statute it hath been holden, that if a trustee has conveyed the lands before execution sued, though he was seised in trust for the defendant at the time of the judgment, the lands cannot be taken in execution...
Page 130 - ... upon trust, as soon as conveniently might be after his decease, to convert the same into money, as therein mentioned.
Page 394 - ... to be filed in the office of the Lord Chancellor's secretary of bankrupts, containing a full and true account of the name or names of the creditor or creditors to whom such unclaimed dividend or dividends is or are...
Page 499 - ... been intrusted. Necessity, which includes the regular course of business in administering the property, will in equity exonerate the personal representative. But if, without such necessity, he be instrumental in giving to the person failing possession of any part of the property, he will be liable...
Page 114 - Rowley by any deed or deeds, instrument or instruments in writing, with or without power of revocation and new appointment, to be by him sealed and delivered in the presence of and attested by two or more credible witnesses...