Reports of Cases Determined at Nisi Prius, in the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas: And on the Oxford and Western Circuits from the Sittings After Michaelmas Term, 4 Geo. IV. 1823 to the Sittings After Trinity Terms, 7 Geo. IV. 1826, Inclusive, Pages 1-104Butterworth, 1827 - 476 pages |
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ABBOTT Ld acceptor action was brought ADJOURNED SITTINGS admissible agreement allowed amount answer apothecary appeared assault assignees ASSUMPSIT attorney bank bankers bankrupt bankruptcy barratry BEST C. J. bill of exchange Campb Chancery charges Chitty cited contended conviction counsel count Court creditor damages debt DECIDED AT NISI declaration defendant defendant's delivered dence East entitled evidence fendant give given GUILDHALL Gurney held Henry Fauntleroy Hilary Term indictment indorsed issue jury justices lease lessor liable libel London Lord Marryatt ment NISI PRIUS Nonsuit notice objected opinion owner paid parties payment Pell Serjt perjury person plaintiff plaintiff in error plea Pollock possession premises produced proof prosecution proved question received recover refused rent repair rule Scarlett Serj Serjeant sheriff ship statute statute of frauds tiff tion trial trover vendee Verdict WESTMINSTER wharfinger Wilde Serjt witness Womac writ
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Page 389 - Exchange," on p. 389, (llth edit.), that with respect to promissory notes payable on demand, it has been held that the statute runs from the date of the note and not from the time of the demand, and that this is so although the note be made payable with interest on demand. See also " Byles on Bills of Exchange,
Page 243 - Court before whom any person shall be tried for any such felony or misdemeanor shall have power to award from time to time writs of restitution for the said property, or to order the restitution thereof in a summary manner...
Page 264 - Bankrupts," it was among other things enacted, that all payments really and bond fide made by any bankrupt or by any person on his behalf, before the date and issuing of the commission against such bankrupt, to any creditor of such bankrupt, (such payment not being a fraudulent preference of such creditor), should be deemed valid, notwithstanding any prior act of bankruptcy...
Page 279 - Attorney or Solicitor, shall commence or maintain any Action or Suit for the Recovery of any Fees...
Page 340 - Court, shall be of the same Force and Effect in all respects as if the same had been...
Page 132 - Kirkdale aforesaid, and to deliver him to the keeper thereof, together with this warrant ; and I do hereby command you, the said keeper, to receive the said William Leigh into your custody in the said house of correction, there to remain to hard labour for the space of two months from the date hereof, and for your so doing this shall be your sufficient warrant.
Page 469 - I am wrong, that if a man sells goods to be delivered at a future day, and neither has the goods at the time, nor has entered into any prior contract to buy them, nor has any reasonable expectation of receiving them by consignment, but means to go into the market and to buy the goods, which he has contracted to deliver, he cannot maintain an action upon such a contract.
Page 290 - ... that it was usually performed in order to relieve the Horse from the pain arising from a disease in the foot, the nerve cut being the vehicle of sensation from the foot ; that the disease in the foot would not be affected by the operation, and would go on increasing or not, according to its character...
Page 202 - Shares thereof, nor shall the Person or Persons making such Transfer be deemed by reason thereof to have ceased to be an Owner or Owners of such Ship or Vessel, any more than if no such Transfer had been made, except so far as may be necessary for the Purpose of rendering the Ship or Vessel, Share or Shares, so transferred, available, by Sale or otherwise, for the Payment of the Debt or Debts for securing the Payment of which such Transfer shall have been made.
Page 343 - Both parts of the lease remained in the possession of the lessor, and an abstract only had been delivered by him to the lessee, which contained no mention that the insurance •was to be in the joint names, though it stated that...