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... held that it would be against justice to allow the defendant to take advantage of his own wrong , so as to defeat the rights of the plaintiff , who was innocent ( z ) . And for the like reason , in an action by the indorsee against the ...
... held that it would be against justice to allow the defendant to take advantage of his own wrong , so as to defeat the rights of the plaintiff , who was innocent ( z ) . And for the like reason , in an action by the indorsee against the ...
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... held by a person who had been con- victed of felony before the passing of the Act became void upon that event . It was held that it did , because , in words of Cockburn , C. J .: " Here the object of the enact- ment is not to punish ...
... held by a person who had been con- victed of felony before the passing of the Act became void upon that event . It was held that it did , because , in words of Cockburn , C. J .: " Here the object of the enact- ment is not to punish ...
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... held to have a retrospective operation . Thus , the plaintiff sued in Hilary Term , 1829 , for a debt which had accrued due more than six years previously : it was held that the statute 9 Geo . 4 , c . 14 , which came into operation on ...
... held to have a retrospective operation . Thus , the plaintiff sued in Hilary Term , 1829 , for a debt which had accrued due more than six years previously : it was held that the statute 9 Geo . 4 , c . 14 , which came into operation on ...
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... held to include the " suc- cessors " to the Crown , although on the demise of the sove- reign , according to the course of descent recognised at the common law , the land might have gone in some other channel . Hence , if the king die ...
... held to include the " suc- cessors " to the Crown , although on the demise of the sove- reign , according to the course of descent recognised at the common law , the land might have gone in some other channel . Hence , if the king die ...
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... held in Hill v . Thompson ( n ) , and Brunton v . Hawkes ( o ) ; for although the statute ( p ) invalidates a patent for want of novelty , and consequently by force of the statute the patent would be void , so far as related to that ...
... held in Hill v . Thompson ( n ) , and Brunton v . Hawkes ( o ) ; for although the statute ( p ) invalidates a patent for want of novelty , and consequently by force of the statute the patent would be void , so far as related to that ...
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Page 866 - ... in every such action the jury may give such damages as they may think proportioned to the injury resulting from such death to the parties respectively for whom and for whose benefit such action shall be brought...
Page 866 - Be it therefore enacted, that whensoever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such as would (if death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof, then and in every such case the person who would have been liable if death had not ensued shall be liable to an action for damages, notwithstanding the death of the person injured, and although the death shall have been...
Page 695 - No court will lend its aid to a man who founds his cause of action upon an immoral or an illegal act.
Page 695 - The objection, that a contract is immoral or illegal as between plaintiff and defendant, sounds at all times very ill in the mouth of the defendant. It is not for his sake, however, that the objection is ever allowed ; but it is founded in general principles of policy, which the defendant has the advantage of, contrary to the real justice, as • VIP.V's representative. between him and the plaintiff, by accident, if I may so say.
Page 313 - A communication made bona fide upon any subject-matter In which the party communicating has an interest, or in reference to which he has a duty, is privileged if made to a person having a corresponding interest or duty, although it contain criminatory matter, which, without this privilege, would be slanderous and actionable...
Page 533 - Hall, that in construing wills, and indeed statutes, and all written instruments, the grammatical and ordinary sense of the words is to be adhered to, unless that would lead to some absurdity or some repugnance or inconsistency with the rest of the instrument, in which case the grammatical and ordinary sense of the words may be modified, so as to avoid that absurdity and inconsistency, but no further.
Page 545 - ... all other perils, losses, and misfortunes that have or shall come to the hurt, detriment, or damage of the said goods and merchandises and ship, &c., or any part thereof...
Page 366 - ... unless it shall appear that the same was enjoyed by some consent or agreement expressly given or made for that purpose by deed or writing.
Page 657 - No action shall be brought whereby to charge any person upon any promise made after full age to pay any debt contracted during infancy, or upon any ratification made after full age of any promise or contract made during infancy, whether there shall or shall not be any new consideration for such promise or ratification after full age.
Page 865 - Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that whensoever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect, or default, and the act, neglect, or default is such as would (if death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof...