The Law Times Reports: Containing All the Cases Argued and Determined in the House of Lords, [etc.[ ; Together with a Selection of Cases of Universal Application Decided in the Superior Courts in Ireland and in Scotland, Volume 72Law Times Office, 1895 |
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... liability - Payment by one wrong - doer -Indemnity - Mercantile Law Amendment Act 1856. - Sect . 5 of the Mercantile Law Amend- ment Act 1856 provides that " every person , who being liable with another for any debt or duty , shall pay ...
... liability - Payment by one wrong - doer -Indemnity - Mercantile Law Amendment Act 1856. - Sect . 5 of the Mercantile Law Amend- ment Act 1856 provides that " every person , who being liable with another for any debt or duty , shall pay ...
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... liability : Held , that the statute only applies where there is a joint debt existing before the judgment creating the liability , and further , where the joint liability arises out of contract , express or implied . ( The Englishman ...
... liability : Held , that the statute only applies where there is a joint debt existing before the judgment creating the liability , and further , where the joint liability arises out of contract , express or implied . ( The Englishman ...
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... Liability of bailiff to creditors . - The plaintiffs having recovered a judgment against a debtor , a writ of fi . fa . was delivered to the defen- dant , the high bailiff of the County Court , who seized the goods on the premises of ...
... Liability of bailiff to creditors . - The plaintiffs having recovered a judgment against a debtor , a writ of fi . fa . was delivered to the defen- dant , the high bailiff of the County Court , who seized the goods on the premises of ...
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... Liability of estate of obligor . - Where a bond given to secure an account contained a pro- vision that a month's notice in writing should be given by obligors , or their respective repre- sentatives , " in order to determine the liability ...
... Liability of estate of obligor . - Where a bond given to secure an account contained a pro- vision that a month's notice in writing should be given by obligors , or their respective repre- sentatives , " in order to determine the liability ...
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... Liability for repair of highway- " Rights and liabilities . " -Where a statute relating to a municipal cor- poration repealed previous statutes , and pro- vided that , " all rights and liabilities existing at the commencement of this ...
... Liability for repair of highway- " Rights and liabilities . " -Where a statute relating to a municipal cor- poration repealed previous statutes , and pro- vided that , " all rights and liabilities existing at the commencement of this ...
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Page 117 - That no contract for the sale of any goods, wares and merchandise, for the price of ten pounds sterling or upwards shall be allowed to be good, except the buyer shall accept part of the goods so sold, and actually receive the same...
Page 113 - ... sale, pledge, or other disposition thereof, to any person receiving the same in good faith and without notice of the previous sale, shall have the same effect as if the person making the delivery or transfer were expressly authorized by the owner of the goods to make the same.
Page 266 - ... agent acting for him, of the goods or documents of title under any sale, pledge, or other disposition thereof...
Page 164 - Where in any Province a System of Separate or Dissentient Schools exists by Law at the Union or is thereafter established by the Legislature of the Province...
Page 33 - I, AB, do solemnly and sincerely declare, that I will faithfully and honestly, and to the best of my skill and ability, hear and determine the matters referred to me, under the provisions of the Act [naming the special Act"].
Page 205 - From the inclination of the court on this last case, and from the concluding part of Lord Kenyon's judgment in Merryweather v. Nixan, and from reason, justice, and sound policy, the rule that wrong-doers cannot have redress or contribution against each other is confined to cases where the person seeking redress must be presumed to have known that he was doing an unlawful act.
Page 164 - Legislature of the province an appeal shall lie to the Governor General in Council from any Act or decision of any provincial authority affecting any right or privilege of the Protestant or Roman Catholic minority of the Queen's subjects in relation to education; 4.
Page 117 - There is an acceptance of goods within the meaning of this section when the buyer, either before or after delivery of the goods, expresses by words or conduct his assent to becoming the owner of those specific goods.
Page 245 - For and in respect of the annual profits or gains arising or accruing to any person residing in the United Kingdom from any kind of property whatever, whether situate in the United Kingdom or elsewhere...
Page 204 - ... such person shall be entitled to stand in the place of the creditor, and to use all the remedies, and, if need be, and upon a proper indemnity, to use the name of the creditor, in any action or other proceeding...