The Law Reports: Equity cases, before the Master of Rolls and the vice-chancellors, Volume 13T. & J. W. Johnson & Company, 1872 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... applied to the Plaintiff , who had before executed works under his superintendence , to ascertain if he would undertake such a contract ; and after some correspondence , the Plaintiff attended at White's office for three days , on the ...
... applied to the Plaintiff , who had before executed works under his superintendence , to ascertain if he would undertake such a contract ; and after some correspondence , the Plaintiff attended at White's office for three days , on the ...
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... applied ; for the summons was obviously taken out with the view of obtaining information on which proceedings against Mr. Hakim might be founded . LORD ROMILLY , M.R. , said that he would not , in any case , allow a mere captious ...
... applied ; for the summons was obviously taken out with the view of obtaining information on which proceedings against Mr. Hakim might be founded . LORD ROMILLY , M.R. , said that he would not , in any case , allow a mere captious ...
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... applied for shares or received a notice of allotment . He subsequently signed a cheque of the company as a director , but his signature was treated by the bank as insufficient , his name not having been sent in as authorized to sign ...
... applied for shares or received a notice of allotment . He subsequently signed a cheque of the company as a director , but his signature was treated by the bank as insufficient , his name not having been sent in as authorized to sign ...
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... applied for , on which 5s . per share HARWARD'S was paid up . Shortly before the company was registered a prospectus was issued and published and extensively advertised , and Mr. Harward's name appeared therein as a director . He was ...
... applied for , on which 5s . per share HARWARD'S was paid up . Shortly before the company was registered a prospectus was issued and published and extensively advertised , and Mr. Harward's name appeared therein as a director . He was ...
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... applied for . Rational persons would have said it was their duty to have returned the deposit , and abandoned the formation of the company . But they appointed a committee to allot shares , and the committee met and allotted fifty ...
... applied for . Rational persons would have said it was their duty to have returned the deposit , and abandoned the formation of the company . But they appointed a committee to allot shares , and the committee met and allotted fifty ...
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Page 91 - Whosoever, being a director, manager, or public officer of any body corporate or public company, shall make, circulate, or publish, or concur in making, circulating, or publishing, any written statement or account which he shall know to be false in any material particular, with intent to deceive or defraud any member, shareholder, or creditor of such body corporate or public company, or with intent to induce any person to become a shareholder or partner therein, or to entrust or advance any property...
Page 155 - ... till after they had received the notification that the defendants had received their answer and assented to it. And so it might go on ad infinitum.
Page 298 - ... that it could not have been the intention of the parties that the habendum should operate according to the words.
Page 567 - ... if any person so summoned, after being tendered a reasonable sum for his expenses, refuses to come before the court...
Page 615 - ... on the trial of any issue joined or of any matter or question, or on any inquiry arising in any suit, action, or...
Page 135 - ... equally to be divided between them, share and share alike, and if only one such child, then to such only child the...
Page 338 - ... either by action at law or in a summary manner before a justice of the peace, at the option of the said vestry or board, in manner provided by the two hundred and twenty-seventh section of the first recited Act as to the recovery of penalties.
Page 615 - Act, 1851 («), s. 14 of which enacts that " whenever any book or other document is of such a public nature as to be admissible in evidence on its mere production from the proper custody, and no statute exists which renders its contents provable by means of a copy, any copy thereof, or extract therefrom, shall be admissible in evidence in any court of justice, or before...
Page 52 - There can be no doubt of the power of the Court to grant a new trial where in such an action the damages are excessive.
Page 434 - Where an Executor or Administrator shall have given such or the like Notices as in the Opinion of the Court in which such Executor or Administrator is sought to be charged would have been given by the Court of Chancery in an Administration Suit...