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Page 142
... action , or whether it must be re- covered by an action brought upon the special agree- ment only ' . The argument found the court in some doubt . Lord Mansfield and Mr. Justice Foster , both friends to the action , hesitated to disturb ...
... action , or whether it must be re- covered by an action brought upon the special agree- ment only ' . The argument found the court in some doubt . Lord Mansfield and Mr. Justice Foster , both friends to the action , hesitated to disturb ...
Page 185
... action for money had and received was ' an equitable action and founded in conscience ' . He indulged the same sentiment to con- trast the liberality of the action on the Case with the rigour of the older writs of Debt and Trespass . In ...
... action for money had and received was ' an equitable action and founded in conscience ' . He indulged the same sentiment to con- trast the liberality of the action on the Case with the rigour of the older writs of Debt and Trespass . In ...
Page 216
... action for any interest grown due between the com- mencement of his action and the judgment in it . Associates have not distinguished between this species of action ( it being called an action of trespass on the case ) and common actions ...
... action for any interest grown due between the com- mencement of his action and the judgment in it . Associates have not distinguished between this species of action ( it being called an action of trespass on the case ) and common actions ...
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