Reports of Cases Heard and Decided in the House of Lords on Appeals and Writs of Error: During the Sessions 1831[-1846], Volume 12J. & W. T. Clarke, 1847 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 862 - After the consideration of all the cases and dicta on the subject, the result appears to be that this proceeding by information in the nature of a quo warranto will lie for usurping any office, whether created by charter alone, or by the crown with the consent of Parliament, provided the office be of a public nature, and a substantive office, not merely the function or employment of a deputy or servant held at the will and pleasure of others...
Page 560 - CS and his assigns for and during the term of his natural life ; And from and after his decease, To the use...
Page 88 - A representation made by one party for the purpose of influencing the conduct of the other party, and acted upon by him, will in general be sufficient to entitle him to the assistance of this Court for the purpose of realizing such representation.
Page 622 - The general principles which apply to this case, are not disputed ; limitations of personal estate are void, unless they necessarily vest, if at all, within a life or lives in being and twentyone years and nine or ten months afterwards.
Page 330 - If the corpus of such machinery belongs to the heir, all that belongs to that machinery, although more or less capable of being detached from it, and more or less capable of being used in such detached state, must also be considered as belonging to the heir. Ib. No distinction arises in the application of this rule from the circumstance that the land did not descend to, but was purchased by, the owner.
Page 24 - Lord Brougham: My Lords, I entirely agree with my noble and learned friend in the view he has taken of this case.
Page 346 - Merchandize described and mentioned in the said several Documents hereinbefore stated respectively, or either of them, so far as to give Validity to any Contract or Agreement thereafter to be made or entered into by such Person or Persons so intrusted and in Possession as aforesaid, with any Person or Persons, Body or Bodies Politic or Corporate, for the Sale or Disposition of the said Goods...
Page 484 - And for the better ordering, directing, and governing all and all manner of things, for and concerning the city and citizens of Londonderry aforesaid, and the aforesaid county of Londonderry, and the plantation to be made within the same city and county of Londonderry, and other businesses belonging to the same...
Page 251 - ... the provisions of an Act passed in the sixth and seventh years of the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, and intituled An Act for the Commutation of Tithes in England and Wales...
Page 517 - The charge is, that the governors of the hospital have illegally and improperly done the act in question, and therefore because the trustees have violated the statute, therefore — what? Not that they shall themselves pay the damages, but that the trust fund which they administer shall be made answerable for their misconduct. The finding on this point is wrong, and the decree of the court below must be reversed.