The Victorian Law ReportsPublished under the direction of the Council of Law Reporting by Charles F. Maxwell, 1923 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 12
... payment of commission , Held , that , inasmuch as the agent's private interest under the contract had a tendency to interfere with the proper discharge of his public duty to join in advising the board as to the purchase of the land ...
... payment of commission , Held , that , inasmuch as the agent's private interest under the contract had a tendency to interfere with the proper discharge of his public duty to join in advising the board as to the purchase of the land ...
Page 49
... payment , but on the 16th January , acting on her solicitor's suggestion , the plaintiff asked the defendant what terms he would give her , and , not being able to arrange for extended terms , she on the 4th February agreed to pay cash ...
... payment , but on the 16th January , acting on her solicitor's suggestion , the plaintiff asked the defendant what terms he would give her , and , not being able to arrange for extended terms , she on the 4th February agreed to pay cash ...
Page 51
... pay or tender any purchase money ex- cept the deposit , she was at all times ready and willing to pay the purchase money , but that the defendant insisted that the transac- tion was at an end ; and the plaintiff joined issue . The ...
... pay or tender any purchase money ex- cept the deposit , she was at all times ready and willing to pay the purchase money , but that the defendant insisted that the transac- tion was at an end ; and the plaintiff joined issue . The ...
Page 52
... payment , and stated that she knew when she bought the property that the contract was an open contract and that she would have to pay cash . Evidence was admitted , subject to objection , for the purpose of identifying the block of land ...
... payment , and stated that she knew when she bought the property that the contract was an open contract and that she would have to pay cash . Evidence was admitted , subject to objection , for the purpose of identifying the block of land ...
Page 54
... payment came from the purchaser's solicitor after the purchaser had made an open contract . The parties having arrived at a complete con- tract , further negotiations between them not resulting in a new contract cannot without the ...
... payment came from the purchaser's solicitor after the purchaser had made an open contract . The parties having arrived at a complete con- tract , further negotiations between them not resulting in a new contract cannot without the ...
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Page 323 - The court said there must be reasonable evidence of negligence; but where the thing is .shown to be under the management of the defendant or his servants, and the accident is such as, in the ordinary course of things, does not happen if those who have the management use proper care, it affords reasonable evidence, in the absence of explanation by the defendant, that the accident arose from want of care.
Page 255 - In all cases, therefore, where it is sought to apply the estoppel of a judgment rendered upon one cause of action to matters arising in a suit upon a different cause of action, the inquiry must always be as to the point or question actually litigated and determined in the original action, not what might have been thus litigated and determined. Only upon such matters is the judgment conclusive in another action.
Page 784 - A bill of exchange is an unconditional order in writing, addressed by one person to another, signed by the person giving it, requiring the person to whom it is addressed to pay on demand or at a fixed or determinable future time a sum certain in money to or to the order of a specified person, or to bearer.
Page 246 - But where the second action between the same parties is upon a different claim or demand, the judgment in the prior action operates as an estoppel only as to those matters in issue or points controverted, upon the determination of which the finding or verdict was rendered.
Page 116 - To direct the executors, administrators, or trustees to do or abstain from doing any particular act in their fiduciary capacity ; or (c) To determine any question arising in the administration of the estate or trust, including questions of construction of wills and other writings.
Page 75 - And therefore on a feoffment to A and his heirs, to the use of B and his heirs...
Page 121 - An order of the Court under any statutory or other jurisdiction shall not, as against a purchaser, be invalidated on the ground of want of jurisdiction, or of want of any concurrence, consent, notice, or service, whether the purchaser has notice of any such want or not.
Page 467 - A conspiracy, it is said,f consists not merely in the intention of two or more, but in the agreement of two or more, to do an unlawful act or to do a lawful act by unlawful means.
Page 121 - Purchaser, unless a contrary intention appears, includes a lessee or mortgagee, and an intending purchaser, lessee, or mortgagee, or other person, who, for valuable consideration, takes or deals for any property...
Page 786 - Minneapolis, with interest at the rate of 8 per cent per annum until paid.