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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... reason of the non - completion of the contract , and declared the architect's decision not binding . On these authorities we contend that the arbitration clause in the contract here must be set aside . That being so , the question ...
... reason of the non - completion of the contract , and declared the architect's decision not binding . On these authorities we contend that the arbitration clause in the contract here must be set aside . That being so , the question ...
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... reason to believe that Mr. Adolphe Hakim was capable of giving information respect- ing the affairs of the company , took out a summons under sect . 115 of the Companies Act , 1862 , requiring him to attend at the Chambers of the Master ...
... reason to believe that Mr. Adolphe Hakim was capable of giving information respect- ing the affairs of the company , took out a summons under sect . 115 of the Companies Act , 1862 , requiring him to attend at the Chambers of the Master ...
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... reason , no doubt , was that other names had been sent in as authorized to sign cheques . The facts , then , prove that Mr. Harward undertook the office of director and acted as such . I am sorry to find that there are cases which tend ...
... reason , no doubt , was that other names had been sent in as authorized to sign cheques . The facts , then , prove that Mr. Harward undertook the office of director and acted as such . I am sorry to find that there are cases which tend ...
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... reason only they took no steps to recover the said debt and interest from the said Sir De Lacy Evans during his lifetime . " John Evans died in 1845. Henry Evans , the brother of the female Plaintiff , died in 1866 intestate , never ...
... reason only they took no steps to recover the said debt and interest from the said Sir De Lacy Evans during his lifetime . " John Evans died in 1845. Henry Evans , the brother of the female Plaintiff , died in 1866 intestate , never ...
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... reason for supposing that that is so ; but it is enough for the present purpose to say that there is no such allegation in the bill . The will of the testator , though made in India , deals with property in England , and must be ...
... reason for supposing that that is so ; but it is enough for the present purpose to say that there is no such allegation in the bill . The will of the testator , though made in India , deals with property in England , and must be ...
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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...