The Revised Reports: Being a Republication of Such Cases in the English Courts of Common Law and Equity, from the Year 1785, as are Still of Practical Utility. 1785-1866, Volume 144Frederick Pollock, Robert Campbell, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead Sweet & Maxwell, limited, 1914 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... benefit , or the benefit of the parties whom they represent , are entitled to deal with their estates to suit their own con- venience , not that of the Company ; and if it happens in the course of such dealing that a suit is instituted ...
... benefit , or the benefit of the parties whom they represent , are entitled to deal with their estates to suit their own con- venience , not that of the Company ; and if it happens in the course of such dealing that a suit is instituted ...
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... benefit the Company , but to create votes in order to control or influence a meeting of the share- holders . Such an issue of shares is not a matter of the internal management of the Company , but an attempt on the part of the directors ...
... benefit the Company , but to create votes in order to control or influence a meeting of the share- holders . Such an issue of shares is not a matter of the internal management of the Company , but an attempt on the part of the directors ...
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... benefit of the traffic arrangements entered into between him and the last - mentioned Company as aforesaid . And they said that they verily believed that in acquir- ing and taking shares in the Mid - Wales Railway , they were doing a ...
... benefit of the traffic arrangements entered into between him and the last - mentioned Company as aforesaid . And they said that they verily believed that in acquir- ing and taking shares in the Mid - Wales Railway , they were doing a ...
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... benefit of the Company . We are like a trustee who sees one of his cestuis que trust ( 1 ) in a position to enforce an act fraught with ruin to the others of them , and who has power , consistently with the trust deed , to prevent the ...
... benefit of the Company . We are like a trustee who sees one of his cestuis que trust ( 1 ) in a position to enforce an act fraught with ruin to the others of them , and who has power , consistently with the trust deed , to prevent the ...
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... benefit of the new con- stituency to be created ? How can this Court allow them to use that power for a purpose * not connected with the new constituency at all , but either , as the plaintiff says , to keep themselves in office , or ...
... benefit of the new con- stituency to be created ? How can this Court allow them to use that power for a purpose * not connected with the new constituency at all , but either , as the plaintiff says , to keep themselves in office , or ...
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Page 600 - ... rates and taxes, and tithe commutation rent-charge, if any, and deducting therefrom the probable average annual cost of the repairs, insurance, and other expenses, if any, necessary to maintain them in a state to command such rent...
Page 455 - ... at any meeting of the committee shall be determined by a majority of votes of the members present, and in case of an equal division of votes the chairman shall have a casting vote in addition to his vote as a member of the committee.
Page 340 - ... within twenty years next after the time at which the right to make such entry or distress, or to bring such action, shall have first accrued to some person through whom he claims...
Page 348 - To Mr. I HEREBY give you notice, that I object to your name being retained on the list...
Page 322 - Hope, by any deed or deeds, writing or writings, with or without power of revocation, to be by him sealed and delivered in the presence of and attested by two or more credible witnesses...
Page 567 - Baxendale (1), where it was held, that, where two parties have made a contract, which one of them has broken, the damages which the other party ought to receive in respect of such breach of contract...
Page 456 - Statute shall be understood to include several Matters as well as One Matter, and several Persons as well as One Person, and Females as well as Males, and Bodies Corporate as well as Individuals, unless it be otherwise specially provided, or there be something in the Subject or Context repugnant to such Construction...
Page 550 - Defendant afterwards, under leave, reserved at the trial, moved for and obtained a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside, and...
Page 658 - London, (the act of God, the queen's enemies, fire, and all and every other dangers and accidents of the seas, rivers, and navigation, of whatever nature and kind soever, excepted,) unto order or to assigns, he or they paying freight for the said goods at 51.
Page 455 - Officer of the Company, and need not be under the Common Seal of the Company, and the same may be in Writing or in Print, or partly in Writing and partly in Print.