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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... witness - box , and has not departed in any important particular from his first statement , and counsel for the respondent has not been able to refer us to any fresh and relevant fact that has been elicited since the charge was made ...
... witness - box , and has not departed in any important particular from his first statement , and counsel for the respondent has not been able to refer us to any fresh and relevant fact that has been elicited since the charge was made ...
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... witnesses , the defendants being given the costs of the issues on which they succeeded . The defendants pleaded fair comment as to all the statements complained of and called witnesses whose evidence went both to liability and to the ...
... witnesses , the defendants being given the costs of the issues on which they succeeded . The defendants pleaded fair comment as to all the statements complained of and called witnesses whose evidence went both to liability and to the ...
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... witnesses should not be excluded , but should be apportioned in the manner adopted in Christie v . Platt ( [ 1921 ] 2 K.B. 17 ) for the benefit of the defendants . SUMMONS . This was an action for libel brought by Albert Charles Willis ...
... witnesses should not be excluded , but should be apportioned in the manner adopted in Christie v . Platt ( [ 1921 ] 2 K.B. 17 ) for the benefit of the defendants . SUMMONS . This was an action for libel brought by Albert Charles Willis ...
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... witnesses had been called by the defendants to give evidence as to the political character of the plaintiff , and said that the purpose for which these witnesses were called had been entirely successful , and that with reference to the ...
... witnesses had been called by the defendants to give evidence as to the political character of the plaintiff , and said that the purpose for which these witnesses were called had been entirely successful , and that with reference to the ...
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... witnesses . Consequently , the defendants are entitled to the costs of the issue of fair com- ment so far as it was involved in the verdict on those three counts . Gorman , for the plaintiff , to oppose -- The order as to costs cannot ...
... witnesses . Consequently , the defendants are entitled to the costs of the issue of fair com- ment so far as it was involved in the verdict on those three counts . Gorman , for the plaintiff , to oppose -- The order as to costs cannot ...
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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.