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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... fact of the architect's interest in consequence , the builder's case failed . In Pawley v . Turnbull ( 3 ) the Court , on being satisfied that there had been unfair conduct towards a builder , on the part of an archi- tect whose ...
... fact of the architect's interest in consequence , the builder's case failed . In Pawley v . Turnbull ( 3 ) the Court , on being satisfied that there had been unfair conduct towards a builder , on the part of an archi- tect whose ...
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... facts ; he denies any liability except under the contract , and asserts that all is provided for by the contract ... facts which are established in this case . [ His Lordship then stated the facts of the case previous to the signing of ...
... facts ; he denies any liability except under the contract , and asserts that all is provided for by the contract ... facts which are established in this case . [ His Lordship then stated the facts of the case previous to the signing of ...
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... fact 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 ...
... fact 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 ...
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... fact that there was an express agreement to take the shares . The mere fact of a man being a director does not make him liable to take a director's qualification : Marquis of Abercorn's Case ( 6 ) , followed in Tothill's Case ( 7 ) and ...
... fact that there was an express agreement to take the shares . The mere fact of a man being a director does not make him liable to take a director's qualification : Marquis of Abercorn's Case ( 6 ) , followed in Tothill's Case ( 7 ) and ...
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... facts as to the formation and constitution of the company , continued : - I am not prepared to say that the fact of Mr. Harward's name being held out to the public as a director would alone be sufficient to fix him with liability to ...
... facts as to the formation and constitution of the company , continued : - I am not prepared to say that the fact of Mr. Harward's name being held out to the public as a director would alone be sufficient to fix him with liability to ...
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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...