The Law Reports. Privy Council Appeals: Cases Heard and Determined by the Judicial Committee and the Lords of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, 1865-75, Volume 1Council of Law Reporting, 1867 - Appellate procedure |
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Page 152
... Code Civil , Art . 1384 — Commettant and Préposé , definition of - Master and Servant - Negligence - Fire - Liability for Damage . By Art . 1384 of the Code Civil , the law prevailing in Mauritius , it is pro- vided that " Les Maîtres ...
... Code Civil , Art . 1384 — Commettant and Préposé , definition of - Master and Servant - Negligence - Fire - Liability for Damage . By Art . 1384 of the Code Civil , the law prevailing in Mauritius , it is pro- vided that " Les Maîtres ...
Page 153
... Code Civil , and that as the fire was occasioned by the men employed by A. , he was responsible for their negligence , and liable to B. for the damage sustained by the fire . THIS was an action brought by the Respondent against the ...
... Code Civil , and that as the fire was occasioned by the men employed by A. , he was responsible for their negligence , and liable to B. for the damage sustained by the fire . THIS was an action brought by the Respondent against the ...
Page 155
... Code Civil , but was merely a conductor operarum , and that the job contractors were the parties , if any , who were liable , being , by Art . 1793 of the Code Civil , responsible for the acts of the persons they employed . Both these ...
... Code Civil , but was merely a conductor operarum , and that the job contractors were the parties , if any , who were liable , being , by Art . 1793 of the Code Civil , responsible for the acts of the persons they employed . Both these ...
Page 158
... Code Civil , shew very clearly that the tenant's negligence is presumed ; he must answer for the consequences of a fire , unless he prove certain facts pointed out in the Articles ; it is for him to prove he is in possession of the pre ...
... Code Civil , shew very clearly that the tenant's negligence is presumed ; he must answer for the consequences of a fire , unless he prove certain facts pointed out in the Articles ; it is for him to prove he is in possession of the pre ...
Page 160
... Code Civil is the law in force in Mauritius , and the parties must be governed by its provisions . No doubt by that Code , as by the English law , a Master is liable for the negli- gence of a servant in his employ . Art . 1384 provides ...
... Code Civil is the law in force in Mauritius , and the parties must be governed by its provisions . No doubt by that Code , as by the English law , a Master is liable for the negli- gence of a servant in his employ . Art . 1384 provides ...
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affidavit alleged amount Appellant Appellant's application Article AUSTRALASIA authority Bank behalf Bill of lading Bruneau Canada cargo casks Chief Justice Church circumstances claim Code Civil Colony Company contempt costs creditors Crown damages debt decree deed Defendant EDWARD VAUGHAN WILLIAMS entitled evidence Flower Forster granted ground High Court insolvency Island JAMES WILLIAM COLVILE Jersey judgment Jurats jurisdiction Lamplough lands leave to appeal Letters Patent liable license LORD CHELMSFORD LORD JUSTICE Lordships Lower Canada Majesty in Council Majesty's matter Moore's P. C. mortgage old firm opinion Order in Council owners parties partners Patent payment petition Petitioner Pierre Bruneau Plaintiff possession proceedings QUEEN question Ralph Meyer Robey respect Respondent ROLET ROLFE Royal Court Salting salvage Scindia Scire facias seizure shew ship Sierra Leone SIR EDWARD VAUGHAN Solicitors Statute Stericker Supreme Court Tadman tion VAUGHAN WILLIAMS vessel Vice-Admiralty Court Vict William Rutledge
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Page 489 - That it was the duty of the steamer to keep out of the way of the bark, and, to that end, so to change her course as to preclude all danger of collision.
Page 102 - Her Majesty having taken the said Report into consideration, was pleased, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, to approve thereof...
Page 264 - An extraordinary number of water casks or of other vessels for holding liquid, unless the master shall produce a certificate from the custom house at the place from which he cleared...
Page 203 - Judge, and his power and authority to deal with the cause; but in the view which we have taken of the case it is not necessary for us to give any opinion upon these points.
Page 223 - ... shall have transferred to and vested in him all rights of suit, and be subject to the same liabilities in respect of such goods as if the contract contained in the bill of lading had been made with himself.
Page 187 - ... value thereof, or the penalty of one hundred pounds, at the election of the Officers of the Customs; and the averment in any information or libel to be exhibited for the recovery of such penalty, that the Officer proceeding has elected to sue for the sum mentioned in the information, shall be deemed sufficient proof of such election, without any other or further evidence of such fact.
Page 382 - And it is further enacted and declared by the authority aforesaid, that all laws, by-laws, usages or customs, at this time, or which hereafter shall be in practice, or endeavoured or pretended to be in force or practice, in any of the said plantations...
Page 85 - England, and all such acts, matters, and things as can or may be done by the said lord high chancellor within the realm of England, in the exercise of the common law jurisdiction to him belonging.
Page 85 - A memorial of an act or proceeding of a Court of Record proceeding according to the course of the common law, entered on parchment for the preservation of it.
Page 319 - Plaintiff), had been guilty of a contempt and breach of the privileges of the House, and...