Ruling Cases, Volume 19

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Robert Campbell
Stevens, 1899

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Page 239 - contained in or made under the Merchant Shipping Acts, 1854, to 1873, has been infringed, the ship by which such regulation has been infringed shall be deemed to be in fault, unless it is shown to the satisfaction of the Court that the circumstances of the case made departure from the regulation necessary.
Page 440 - of which he is a member bind the firm and his partners, unless the partner so acting has in fact no authority to act for the firm in the particular matter, and the person with whom he is dealing either knows that he has no authority, or does not know or believe him to be a partner.
Page 463 - Where a firm in the course of its business receives money or property of a third person, and the money or property so received is misapplied by one or more of the partners while it is in the custody of the firm; the firm is liable to make good the loss.
Page 170 - in any case where such employee knew of the defect or negligence which caused the injury, and failed within a reasonable time to give, or cause to be given, information thereof to the employer, or to some person superior to himself in the service of the employer, who had intrusted to him some general superintendence.
Page 76 - 146, 27 LJCP 39, where the plaintiff was injured by falling down some steps at a railway station, through a door which he had opened by mistake ; and the Court held that there was no evidence of negligence to go to the jury.] In Bolch v. Smith, 7 H. &
Page 208 - the rule is, that, although there may have been negligence on the part of the plaintiff, yet unless he might by the exercise of ordinary care have avoided the consequence of the defendants' negligence, he is entitled to recover; if, by ordinary care, he might have avoided them, he is the author of his own wrong.
Page 201 - the plaintiff, yet unless he might by the exercise of ordinary care have avoided the consequences of the defendant's negligence, he is entitled to recover; if by ordinary care he might have avoided them, he is the author of his own wrong. [CRESSWELL, J.
Page 511 - (6) to stand in the place of the creditors of the firm for any payments made by him in respect of the partnership liabilities, and (c) to be indemnified by the person guilty of the fraud or making the representation against all the debts and liabilities of the firm.
Page 24 - 68, by which railway companies are bound to make and maintain, among other things, sufficient fences for separating the land taken for the use of the railway from the adjoining lands not taken, and protecting such lands from trespass, and the cattle of the owners or occupiers thereof from straying thereout, &c. [JERVIS,
Page 462 - Section 10. Where, by any wrongful act or omission of any partner acting in the ordinary course of the business of the firm, or with the authority of his co-partners, loss or injury is caused to any person not

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