| John Townshend - Libel and slander - 1877 - 838 pages
...Law Times Rep. NS 607 ; I Hurl. & Colt. 219 ; 32 Law Jour. Ex. 61; DeWitt v. Buchanan, 54 Barb. 31. "As a general rule, in order to found a suit in England...to have been committed abroad, two conditions must have been fulfilled. First, the wrong must be of such a character that it would have been actionable... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1877 - 896 pages
...were clearly laid down in the case of Phillips v. Eyre (7) — Firstly, that the act complained of must be of such a character that it would have been actionable if committed in England ; secondly, that the act must not be such as would have been justifiable by the law of the place where it was committed.... | |
| John Alderson Foote - Conflict of laws - 1878 - 576 pages
...said Willes, J., delivering the judgment of the Court of Exchequer Chamber in Phillips v. Eyre (5), " in order to found a suit in England for a wrong alleged...would have been actionable if committed in England ; therefore, in The Halley (c), the Judicial Committee pronounced against a suit in the Admiralty founded... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1914 - 726 pages
...and applied. In Phillips v. Eyre, Willes, J., delivering the opinion of the Exchequer Chamber, said: "As a general rule, in order to found a suit in England,...actionable if committed in England. . . . Secondly, the :tct must not have been justifiable by the law of the place where it was done." In The Hattey, LR 2... | |
| United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - Courts - 1904 - 722 pages
...and applied. In Phillips v. Eyre, Willes, J., delivering the opinion of the Exchequer Chamber, said: "As a general rule, in order to found a suit in England,...have been committed abroad, two conditions must be fulfill* d. First, the wrong must be of such a character that it would have been actionable if committed... | |
| Frederick Pollock - Torts - 1890 - 694 pages
...respect to those not falling within that description our courts do not undertake universal jurisdiction. As a general rule, in order to found a | suit in England...committed abroad, two conditions must be fulfilled. Eirst^the wroogjnust be of such_a character that it_would have been actionable if_ committed in England... | |
| John Townshend - Libel and slander - 1890 - 972 pages
...Law Times Rep. N. S- 607: i Hurl. & Colt. 219; 32 Law Jour. Ex. 61 ; DeWitt v. Buchanan, 54 Barb. 31. "As a general rule, in order to found a suit in England...to have been committed abroad, two conditions must have been fulfilled. First, the wrong must be of such a character that it would have been actionable... | |
| John Alderson Foote - Conflict of laws - 1890 - 686 pages
...said Willes, J., delivering the judgment of the Court of Exchequer Chamber in Phillips v. Eyre,(iP) " in order to found a suit in England for a wrong alleged to have been (a) S/iearman v. Findlay, 32 WR 122. (i) By Order xi. r. 6, notice of the writ can be served when the... | |
| Frederick Pollock - Torts - 1892 - 802 pages
...proceedings in respect of an injury the Judicature Acts, done to foreign soil. The M. versa! jurisdiction. As a general rule, in order to found a suit in England...would have been actionable if committed in England : therefore, in The Halley (/) the Judicial Committee pronounced against a suit in the Admiralty founded... | |
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