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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... held such a meeting ; and , by the requisite majority , passed a resolution leaving it to the directors to say in what manner such shares should be issued , and how appropriated . More than two years and a half pass , and the Mid ...
... held such a meeting ; and , by the requisite majority , passed a resolution leaving it to the directors to say in what manner such shares should be issued , and how appropriated . More than two years and a half pass , and the Mid ...
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... held upon the whole will that the executors took as trustees . Just as the word " charge " was in that case held not to be conclusive against a trust , so in Dawson v . Clark the use of the word " trust , " coupled with the word ...
... held upon the whole will that the executors took as trustees . Just as the word " charge " was in that case held not to be conclusive against a trust , so in Dawson v . Clark the use of the word " trust , " coupled with the word ...
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... held in Rachfield v . Careless ( 2 ) , where Powis , J. , placed a construction on the words contained in a legacy to the executor , viz . " that it was for his care and trouble " -and held that those words implied that the executor was ...
... held in Rachfield v . Careless ( 2 ) , where Powis , J. , placed a construction on the words contained in a legacy to the executor , viz . " that it was for his care and trouble " -and held that those words implied that the executor was ...
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... held that such a right as that did not make the interest of the nature of realty so as to dispense with the necessity of giving notice of an assign- ment . The only duty of the trustees towards the person in- terested in the land was to ...
... held that such a right as that did not make the interest of the nature of realty so as to dispense with the necessity of giving notice of an assign- ment . The only duty of the trustees towards the person in- terested in the land was to ...
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... held by Lord ELDON in Ellison v . Ellison not to be a bar to claims which had once arisen . To this I may add , that in this case there is nothing to show that the settlor did not do everything which it was possible for him to do in ...
... held by Lord ELDON in Ellison v . Ellison not to be a bar to claims which had once arisen . To this I may add , that in this case there is nothing to show that the settlor did not do everything which it was possible for him to do in ...
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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...
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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...
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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.