Reports of Cases Decided in the High Court of Chancery by the Right Hon. Sir J.L. Knight Bruce, Vice-chancellor: 1848-1849 |
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affidavits aforesaid agreement alleged amended annuity answer appeared applied appointed arbitrator assigns ATT.-GEN Beav behalf bill cause charged Church of Scotland circumstances codicil consent contract costs Court covenant dated debts decease declared decree deed defendant demurrer devised directed EDGWORTH entitled equity Established Church etchings evidence executed executors fendant filed Fynn heirs indenture injunction interest issue January John lease leasehold estates legacy Lord Lord Chancellor Lord Eldon M'INTOSH marriage matter ment mentioned Messrs minister mortgage motion Munro North Staffordshire Railway notice obtained opinion paid parties payment personal estate petition plaintiff possession premises Presbytery present PRINCE ALBERT purchase purpose question Railway Company respect Robert Barbour Russell shareholders shares shew solicitor South Devon Railway Staplee STRANGE suit tenant testator testator's therein thereof tiff tion transactions trust umpire VICE-CHANCELLOR Vict Viscount Glentworth Watts wife Wigram William witness
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Page 599 - ... to be recovered by action of debt, bill, plaint, or information, in any of His Majesty's Courts of Record at Westminster, in which no essoin, privilege, protection, or wager of law, or more than one imparlance shall be allowed...
Page 689 - This is a Codicil to the last will and testament of me, the Right Honourable George Gordon, Lord Byron.
Page 755 - ... to his eldest son in tail, with remainders over, under which the plaintiff became tenant in tail. The testator devised another estate to trustees, upon trust to sell, and out of the proceeds to pay his mortgage and other debts, and gave the residue to his eldest son, whom he appointed executor and residuary legatee. The trustees did not act, but the son entered into possession of all the testator's estates and property.
Page 382 - ... to any person or persons for any term or number of years not exceeding twenty-one years, to take effect in possession, and not in reversion, or by way of future interest...
Page 500 - Any Capital raised by the Creation of new Shares shall be considered as Part of the original Capital...
Page 7 - ... or may order distribution thereof, or payment of the dividends thereof, according to the respective estates, titles, or interests of the parties making claim to such money or lands, or any part thereof, and may make such other order in the premises as to such court shall seem fit.
Page 85 - The bill was filed by the plaintiff, on behalf of himself and the other shareholders, except the defendants.
Page 69 - ... separately for the sum of money to be paid for the purchase of the lands required for the works, or of any interest therein belonging to the party with whom the question of disputed compensation shall have arisen, or which, under the provisions herein contained...
Page 653 - Whether at common law an author of any book or literary composition had the sole right of first printing, and publishing the same for sale ; and might bring an action against any person who printed, published, and sold the same without his consent.
Page 7 - Ireland, on the petition of any party interested in such money, to order that the same shall be laid out, invested, accumulated, and paid in such manner as the said court may consider will give to the parties interested in such money the same benefit therefrom as they might lawfully have had from the lease, estate, or reversion in respect of which such money shall have been paid, or as near thereto as may be.