 | Joseph Chitty - Parties to actions - 1809 - 550 pages
...signification, it includes asavmfisit as well as an action in form ex dclicto ; but at the present lime, when an action on the case is mentioned, it is usually understood to mean, an action in form ex dclicto ; and therefore, where a navigation ur.t enacted that the company might sue for calls, Sec.... | |
 | Joseph Kinnicut Angell - Water - 1824 - 380 pages
...party aggrieved ; (a) and it has been decided, that where a navigation act empowered the company to sue for calls, &c. by action of debt or on the case, that an action on the case in tort might be supported, though the defendant was thereby deprived of... | |
 | Joseph Chitty, Thomas Chitty - Forms (Law) - 1837 - 860 pages
...most comprehensive signification it includes assumpsit, as well as an action *n form ex delicto (k) ; but at the present time, when an action on the case...navigation act enacted that the company might sue for call?, &c. by action of debt, or on the case, it was holden that an action on the case in tort lay,... | |
 | Canals - 1846 - 956 pages
...for any call made by the committee after assigning his share. The same act empowered the Company to sue for calls, &c. "by action of debt or on the case:" — Held, that an action on the case in tort lay. Huddersfield Canal Company v. Buckley, 7 TR 36. 3.... | |
 | John Bouvier - Anglo-Norman dialect - 1843 - 752 pages
...signification, case , includes assumpsit as well as an action in form ex delicto ; but when simply mentioned, it is usually understood to mean an action in form ex delicto. 1 TR 36. An action on the case lies to recover damages for torts not committed with force... | |
 | Joseph Chitty - Forms (Law) - 1851 - 900 pages
...aggrieved (¿>) ; and it has even been decided that where a navigation act empowered the company to sue for calls, &c. by action of debt or on the case, that an action on the case in tort might be supported, though the defendant were thereby deprived of... | |
 | John Bouvier - Law - 1854 - 790 pages
...comprehensive signification, case includes assumpsit as well as an action in form ex delicto; but when simply mentioned, it is usually understood to mean an action in form ex delicto. This action originated as follows : At the most remote periods of the English law, as far... | |
 | Joseph Chitty - Forms (Law) - 1859 - 892 pages
...most comprehensive signification it includes assumpsit as well as an action in form ex delicio (&); but at the present , time, when an action on the case is mentioned, it is usually understood tornean an action in form ex delicio; and therefore, where a navigation act enacted that the company... | |
 | Joseph Chitty - Forms (Law) - 1872 - 900 pages
...most comprehensive signification it includes assum/isil as well as an action in form ex delicio (k) : but at the present time, when an action on the case...defendant might thereby be deprived of the benefit of a set-off (I). Actions on the case are founded on the common law, or upon acts of parliament, and lie... | |
 | Joseph Chitty, Henry Greening - Forms (Law) - 1876 - 1174 pages
...assumpsit, as well as an action in form ex delicto ; (&) but at the present time, when an action 011 the case is mentioned, it is usually understood to mean an action in form ex delicto ; and therefore, where a navigation act enacted that the company might sue for calls, &c. by... | |
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... and therefore, where a navigation act enacted that the company might sue for calls, &c. by action of debt or on the case, it was holden that an action on the case in tort lay, though the defendant might thereby be deprived of the benefit of a set-off... 
