The Revised Reports: Being a Republication of Such Cases in the English Courts of Common Law and Equity, from the Year 1785, as are Still of Practical Utility. 1785-1866, Volume 15Frederick Pollock, Robert Campbell, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Edward Potton, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead Sweet & Maxwell, limited, 1894 |
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... liable to his contracts , and Dickson could be responsible only in respect of his personal property ; and there was no evidence that he , the younger brother of Sir R. Dickson a Scotch Baronet , had sufficient personal property to ...
... liable to his contracts , and Dickson could be responsible only in respect of his personal property ; and there was no evidence that he , the younger brother of Sir R. Dickson a Scotch Baronet , had sufficient personal property to ...
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... liable to make good the contract with Dickson in specie , while Dickson was bound not specifically to perform , but in damages ; and if he had any property , it was bound in damages for non - performance . It appeared to him that there ...
... liable to make good the contract with Dickson in specie , while Dickson was bound not specifically to perform , but in damages ; and if he had any property , it was bound in damages for non - performance . It appeared to him that there ...
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... liable for the annuity of 2001. This was a clear misapprehension of the parties , appearing on the face of the instrument itself . Under these circumstances he thought it too much to say that a specific performance ought to have been ...
... liable for the annuity of 2001. This was a clear misapprehension of the parties , appearing on the face of the instrument itself . Under these circumstances he thought it too much to say that a specific performance ought to have been ...
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... liable in the expense thereof , and to allow * the petitioner to retain his rent until the said expenses are paid ; and lastly to find him liable in the damages and expenses . " Bayne , the landlord , stated two defences ; first , that ...
... liable in the expense thereof , and to allow * the petitioner to retain his rent until the said expenses are paid ; and lastly to find him liable in the damages and expenses . " Bayne , the landlord , stated two defences ; first , that ...
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... liable to rebuild ; and it was said that the authorities referred to on the other side . went no farther than to exonerate the tenant , to entitle him to renounce , or to have an abatement of rent , but that none of them went the length ...
... liable to rebuild ; and it was said that the authorities referred to on the other side . went no farther than to exonerate the tenant , to entitle him to renounce , or to have an abatement of rent , but that none of them went the length ...
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Page 435 - ... defectively or imperfectly stated or omitted, and without which it is not to be presumed that either the judge would direct the jury to give or the jury would have given the verdict, such defect, imperfection, or omission is cured by the verdict...
Page 559 - And it shall be lawful for the said ship, &c, in this voyage, to proceed and sail to and touch and stay at any ports or places whatsoever without prejudice to this insurance.
Page 462 - The question for the opinion of the Court is, whether the plaintiff is entitled to recover in respect of the obstruction of light and air complained of.
Page 554 - ... all matters in difference between the parties, and to order and determine what he should think fit to be done by them respecting the matters in dispute...
Page 618 - ... arrests, restraints, and detainments of all kings, princes, and people, of what nation, condition, or quality soever, barratry of the master and mariners, and of 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 264 - ... he or they paying freight for the said goods as per charterparty, with primage and average accustomed...
Page 551 - I wish to know, in a case where a man disregards every principle which actuates the conduct of gentlemen, what is to restrain him except large damages ? To be sure, one can hardly conceive worse conduct than this.
Page 470 - The question for the opinion of the Court is whether the plaintiff is entitled to recover all or any, or any part of the said several sums.
Page 237 - If it is a sort of injury by which the offender acquires no gain to himself at the expense of the sufferer, as beating or imprisoning a man, etc., there, the person injured has only a reparation for the delictum in damages to be assessed by a jury. But where, besides the crime, property is acquired which benefits the testator, there an action for the value of the property shall survive against the executor.