Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During the Time of Lord Chancellor Brougham and Sir John Leach, Master of the Rolls, Volume 2Saunders and Benning, 1835 - Equity |
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The accidental circumstance by which the effect of the verdict has been lost in
this instance does not give a jurisdiction to the Court , and even if it did , that
would not alter the legal character of the debt . Upon the frame of the present bill
...
The accidental circumstance by which the effect of the verdict has been lost in
this instance does not give a jurisdiction to the Court , and even if it did , that
would not alter the legal character of the debt . Upon the frame of the present bill
...
Page 25
Wolcott ( 1 ) , decided by the present Master of the Rolls . It cannot be doubted ,
that if this last decision is to be taken as settling the law upon this head , it
reconciles that law to the whole current of authorities upon the point , so
intimately ...
Wolcott ( 1 ) , decided by the present Master of the Rolls . It cannot be doubted ,
that if this last decision is to be taken as settling the law upon this head , it
reconciles that law to the whole current of authorities upon the point , so
intimately ...
Page 37
In the present case , the corporation had not this notice , until it was given to them
by the report of the charity commissioners . To carry back the account from the
commencement of the misapplication in such cases would prove the ruin of half ...
In the present case , the corporation had not this notice , until it was given to them
by the report of the charity commissioners . To carry back the account from the
commencement of the misapplication in such cases would prove the ruin of half ...
Page 71
... ( a ) the limitation resembled that in the present case ; there the interest of a
sum of money was given to A . for life , and at his death to devolve to the heir of
his body , with remainder over , and it was held that A . took an absolute interest .
... ( a ) the limitation resembled that in the present case ; there the interest of a
sum of money was given to A . for life , and at his death to devolve to the heir of
his body , with remainder over , and it was held that A . took an absolute interest .
Page 72
In the present case there was nothing to qualify the word heirs ; it was so used as
to give the absolute interest to the testator ' s sisters , and the gift having lapsed
by the death of the testator ' s sister in his lifetime , the residue was distributable ...
In the present case there was nothing to qualify the word heirs ; it was so used as
to give the absolute interest to the testator ' s sisters , and the gift having lapsed
by the death of the testator ' s sister in his lifetime , the residue was distributable ...
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| Title | Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During the Time of Lord Chancellor Brougham and Sir John Leach, Master of the Rolls, Volume 2 Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During the Time of Lord Chancellor Brougham and Sir John Leach, Master of the Rolls, Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux |
| Authors | James William Mylne, Great Britain. Court of Chancery, Benjamin Keen |
| Publisher | Saunders and Benning, 1835 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 15 Sep 2006 |
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