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... Debts Act , 115 ; admission of , sup- pression of facts , order for , re- scinded , 116 ; devise by a client to his solicitor held good , 149 ; mis- representation of character of clerk , 160 ; fraud of , 194 ; circumstances under which ...
... Debts Act , 115 ; admission of , sup- pression of facts , order for , re- scinded , 116 ; devise by a client to his solicitor held good , 149 ; mis- representation of character of clerk , 160 ; fraud of , 194 ; circumstances under which ...
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... debt of creditor from schedule , 69 ; vexatious defence , 99 ; transfer of debts in a protection schedule to schedule filed under a prison peti- tion , 116 ; contracting debts by false representations , post - nuptial settlement ...
... debt of creditor from schedule , 69 ; vexatious defence , 99 ; transfer of debts in a protection schedule to schedule filed under a prison peti- tion , 116 ; contracting debts by false representations , post - nuptial settlement ...
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... debt , and as such comes within the express powers of the Winding - up Act , 11 & 12 Vict . c . 45. s . 75 , ( a ) for the Master there had a discretion to allow generally all debts and demands . It cannot be contended that the duties ...
... debt , and as such comes within the express powers of the Winding - up Act , 11 & 12 Vict . c . 45. s . 75 , ( a ) for the Master there had a discretion to allow generally all debts and demands . It cannot be contended that the duties ...
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... debts is , not simply what debts are due by the company which are recoverable at law , but what debts , quà debts , are recoverable as debts against the company , either in a court of law or in a court of equity . This debt clearly was ...
... debts is , not simply what debts are due by the company which are recoverable at law , but what debts , quà debts , are recoverable as debts against the company , either in a court of law or in a court of equity . This debt clearly was ...
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... debts under 1007. They amount to 418. 128. 11d . , and for that he charges 247. 18. That is quite according to the ordinary course . As to the charge of 24 per cent upon debts above 1007 , and under 5007. , amounting to 12574. 5s ...
... debts under 1007. They amount to 418. 128. 11d . , and for that he charges 247. 18. That is quite according to the ordinary course . As to the charge of 24 per cent upon debts above 1007 , and under 5007. , amounting to 12574. 5s ...
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Page 70 - ... such as may fairly and reasonably be considered either arising naturally, ie according to the usual course of things, from such breach of contract itself, or such as may reasonably be supposed to have been in the contemplation of both parties at the time they made the contract, as the probable result of the breach of it.
Page 70 - ... the damages resulting from the breach of such a contract, which they would reasonably contemplate, would be the amount of injury which would ordinarily follow from a breach of contract under these special circumstances so known and communicated.
Page 70 - Where two parties have made a contract which one of them has broken, the damages which the other party ought to receive in respect to such breach of contract should be such as may fairly and reasonably be considered either arising naturally — ie according to the usual course of things — from such breach of contract...
Page 70 - But, on the other hand, if these special circumstances were wholly unknown to the party breaking the contract, he, at the most, could only be supposed to have had in his contemplation the amount of injury which would arise generally, and in the great multitude of cases not affected by any special circumstances, from such a breach of contract. For had the special circumstances been known, the parties might have specially provided for the breach of contract by special terms as to the damages in that...
Page 23 - ... the law considers such publication as malicious unless it is fairly made by a person in the discharge of some public or private duty, whether legal or moral, or in the conduct of his own affairs, in matters where his interest is concerned.
Page 112 - That every will shall be construed, with reference to the real estate and personal estate comprised in it, to speak and take effect as if it had been executed immediately before the death of the testator, unless a contrary intention shall appear by the will.
Page 70 - Now in the present case, if we are to apply the principles above laid down, we find that the only circumstances here communicated by the plaintiffs to the defendants at the time the contract was made were that the article to be carried was the broken shaft of a mill, and that the plaintiffs were the millers of that mill.
Page 105 - And it is ordered that the further consideration of this cause be adjourned, and any of the parties are to be at liberty to apply as they may be advised.
Page 64 - ... or other real or leasehold estate, to be secured by way of mortgage to such society, until the amount or value of his or her shares shall have been fully repaid to such society, with the interest thereon, and all fines or other payments incurred in respect thereof...
Page 70 - ALDERSON, B. We think that there ought to be a new trial in this case; but, in so doing, we deem it to be expedient and necessary to state explicitly the rule which the Judge, at the next trial, ought, in our opinion, to direct the jury to be governed by when they estimate the damages. It is, indeed, of the last importance that we should do this; for, if the jury are left without any definite rule to guide them, it will, in such cases as these, manifestly lead to the greatest injustice. The Courts...