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... brought on a promissory note against one of two makers , who allowed judgment to go by default and then brought a Writ of Error in the King's Bench . The declaration had stated that he and another ' jointly or severally ' promised to ...
... brought on a promissory note against one of two makers , who allowed judgment to go by default and then brought a Writ of Error in the King's Bench . The declaration had stated that he and another ' jointly or severally ' promised to ...
Page 96
... brought into Milford Haven . ' Two years later , in Hamilton v . Mendes , Lord Mans- field's language was used to support a more doubtful claim for a total loss . A ship and cargo had been in- sured from Virginia to London . The ship ...
... brought into Milford Haven . ' Two years later , in Hamilton v . Mendes , Lord Mans- field's language was used to support a more doubtful claim for a total loss . A ship and cargo had been in- sured from Virginia to London . The ship ...
Page 97
... brought . It is repugnant , upon a contract of indemnity , to recover as for a total loss when the final event has decided that the damnification , in truth , is an average or perhaps no loss at all . ' Dicta , divorced from their ...
... brought . It is repugnant , upon a contract of indemnity , to recover as for a total loss when the final event has decided that the damnification , in truth , is an average or perhaps no loss at all . ' Dicta , divorced from their ...
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