Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Common Pleas and Exchequer Chamber: With Tables of the Names of the Cases and the Principal Matters, Volume 6C. Hunter, 1824 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 21
Page 61
... tort feasors , but were armed with the authority of the law . In Bruen v . Roe ( b ) , it was decided by the Court , that if goods come to the defend- ant's hands , by delivery , finding , or bailment , an actual demand and refusal ...
... tort feasors , but were armed with the authority of the law . In Bruen v . Roe ( b ) , it was decided by the Court , that if goods come to the defend- ant's hands , by delivery , finding , or bailment , an actual demand and refusal ...
Page 144
... tort , a different rule prevails , and that as the gist of the action is misfeasance , there is no re- pugnancy in finding some of the defendants guilty and ac- quitting the others . It is manifest , however , that this is in effect a ...
... tort , a different rule prevails , and that as the gist of the action is misfeasance , there is no re- pugnancy in finding some of the defendants guilty and ac- quitting the others . It is manifest , however , that this is in effect a ...
Page 145
... tort ; and although not guilty was there pleaded , yet non assumpsit would have been an equally good answer to the action , and it was at the elec- tion of the defendant to have adopted either of those pleas , as an undertaking or ...
... tort ; and although not guilty was there pleaded , yet non assumpsit would have been an equally good answer to the action , and it was at the elec- tion of the defendant to have adopted either of those pleas , as an undertaking or ...
Page 146
... tort and that of a joint judgment against several defendants in an action of assumpsit ; and although that action was brought for an injury relating to land , still , it appears that the same rule would hold in every case of misfeasance ...
... tort and that of a joint judgment against several defendants in an action of assumpsit ; and although that action was brought for an injury relating to land , still , it appears that the same rule would hold in every case of misfeasance ...
Page 147
... tort , being founded on the joint contract al- leged . That case is stronger than the present , as the ground of action originated in fraud ; whilst here , it is founded purely on contract . In Green v . Greenbank ( b ) , where the ...
... tort , being founded on the joint contract al- leged . That case is stronger than the present , as the ground of action originated in fraud ; whilst here , it is founded purely on contract . In Green v . Greenbank ( b ) , where the ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
action advowson affidavit aforesaid afterwards agreement annuity appears applied appointed assignment assumpsit attorney bankrupt bill BISHOP of LINCOLN captain cargo charter-party clause contract costs Court covenant Cuba custody debt declaration deed default defendant defendant's delivered demand devise discharged entitled evidence execution executors expences feme covert fendant former freehold heirs held Henry Machin Henry Penruddocke Wyndham Henry Tolson hereditaments Husbands Bosworth indorsed insured intention issue judgment Jury King's Bench lands latter liable Lord Chief Justice Lord Ellenborough ment Montego Bay notice of abandonment opinion paid party pass payment personal estate plaintiff plaintiffs in error plea pleaded port prisoner promise proved question received recover remainder rent Richard Pearce seised Serjt sheriff shewed cause ship statute sufficient survivor tail tained tenant tenements Term Rep testator's therein thereof tion trial trustees underwriters Vaughan verdict vessel voyage words writ
Popular passages
Page 100 - no action shall be brought whereby to charge any executor or administrator upon any special promise to answer damages out of his own estate ; or whereby to charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another person...
Page 73 - Now Know Ye, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said Adolphe Nicole, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention, and the manner in which the same is to be performed, are particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement thereof, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked thereon...
Page 100 - That no action shall be brought .... whereby to charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another person .... unless the agreement upon which such action shall be brought, or some memorandum or note thereof, shall be in writing, and signed by the party to be charged therewith, or some other person thereunto by him lawfully authorized.
Page 87 - May, in the twenty-ninth year, &c. contributed and paid divers large sums of money, amounting in the whole to a large sum of money, to wit, the sum of...
Page 559 - ... first descend or accrue to the same; and in default thereof, such persons so not entering, and their heirs, shall be utterly' excluded and disabled from such entry after to be made, any former law or statute to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 606 - 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 80 - On the other hand, there may be a valid patent for a new combination of materials previously in use for the same purpose, or for a new method of applying such materials.
Page 502 - ... that he had no intent to conceal the state of his affairs or to defeat the law : 10.
Page 103 - ... shall be allowed to be good, except the buyer shall accept part of the goods so sold, and actually receive the same, or give something in earnest to bind the bargain, or in part...
Page 76 - There are common elementary materials to work with in machinery : but it is the adoption of those materials to the execution of any particular purpose, that constitutes the invention. And if the application of them be new, if the combination in its nature be essentially new, if it be productive of a new end and beneficial to the public, it is that species of invention, which, protected by the King's patent, ought to continue to the person the sole right of vending it.