Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Common Pleas and Exchequer Chamber: With Tables of the Names of the Cases and the Principal Matters, Volume 5C. Hunter, 1823 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 175 - with primage and average accustomed. In witness whereof, the said master or purser of the said ship, hath affirmed to three bills of lading, all of this tenor and date, the one of which three bills being accomplished, the other two to stand void. Dated in
Page 14 - when the ancestor, by any gift or conveyance, takes an estate of freehold, and, in the same gift or conveyance, an estate is limited, either mediately or immediately to his heirs in fee, or in tail; that always- in such cases ' the heirs ' are words of limitation of the estate, and not words of purchase.
Page 176 - sugar, being marked and numbered as in the margin, and are to be delivered in the like good order and condition, at the aforesaid port of London (all and every the dangers and accidents of the seas, rivers, and navigation, of whatever nature and kind soever, excepted), unto Messrs. Underwood, Hall and Co., or to their assigns, he or they paying freight for the said goods,
Page 458 - opinion of the Court was, whether the plaintiffs were entitled to recover the entire balance of 2500/., or only part of it. If the Court should be of opinion that they were entitled to recover the whole, then the verdict was to stand ; if less than the whole, the verdict
Page 176 - sterling per cent. In witness whereof, the said master or purser of the said ship, hath subscribed to four bills of lading, all of this tenor and date, one of which being accomplished, the rest to stand void. Dated in Demerara,
Page 511 - be lawful to and for the landlord, where the agreement is not by deed, to recover a reasonable satisfaction for the lands held or occupied by the defendant in an action on the case, for the use and occupation of what was so held or enjoyed ; and if in evidence on the trial of
Page 442 - shall be revocable, otherwise than by some. other will or codicil in writing, or other writing declaring the same, or by burning, cancelling, tearing, or obliterating the same by the testator himself, or in his presence, and by • his directions and consent;
Page 106 - and his assigns, for and during the term of his natural life, without impeachment of waste; and from and immediately after the determination of that estate, to the use and behoof of the said trustees, to preserve contingent remainders ; and from and immediately after the decease of the said John Warier, to the use of the first, second, third, and all and every other
Page 439 - be in writing, and signed by the devisor, or by some other person in his presence, and by his express directions, and shall be attested and subscribed in the presence of the said devisor by three or four credible witnesses,
Page 178 - goods, the freight payable by them respectively, and afterwards paid over to the defendant, the balance of the money so received, after deducting the dock and other charges. The question for the opinion of the Court was, whether the plaintiffs were entitled to recover the money so received for freight, and so paid over to the defendant by Messrs. Harrison and