British Ruling Cases from Courts of Great Britain, Canada, Ireland, Australia and Other Divisions of the British Empire, Extensively Annotated, Volume 9Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, 1920 "This series of reports is in a sense a continuation, but with a decided expansion, of the plan of the English ruling cases, as it takes the cases from the British empire, instead of from England only, but it continues the English ruling cases in the sense that it will include the most important cases from the English courts decided since that series terminated."--Pref. |
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Page 80
... purchase of an annuity , or alternatively that it constitutes a valid direction to the first parties to purchase with the said sum of 3001. an annuity for the third party . . . He also maintains that the residue clause is void from ...
... purchase of an annuity , or alternatively that it constitutes a valid direction to the first parties to purchase with the said sum of 3001. an annuity for the third party . . . He also maintains that the residue clause is void from ...
Page 81
... purchase of an annuity for himself , or ( c ) under the condition that the first parties shall purchase said annuity for his behoof ? 4. Does the fourth purpose of the said trust disposition and settlement validly and effectually ...
... purchase of an annuity for himself , or ( c ) under the condition that the first parties shall purchase said annuity for his behoof ? 4. Does the fourth purpose of the said trust disposition and settlement validly and effectually ...
Page 191
... purchase Madame Cla- veau's rights against the insurance company , and to pay to her , in discharge of its liability under article 4426 , only the difference between the amount recoverable under her insurance policies and the 9 B. R. C. ...
... purchase Madame Cla- veau's rights against the insurance company , and to pay to her , in discharge of its liability under article 4426 , only the difference between the amount recoverable under her insurance policies and the 9 B. R. C. ...
Page 192
... purchase price of the assignment of her claims against the insurance company . Her policies amounted in all to $ 4,700 , and the loss recoverable under them has been fixed by the learned trial Judge at $ 4,000 . No ap- peal has been ...
... purchase price of the assignment of her claims against the insurance company . Her policies amounted in all to $ 4,700 , and the loss recoverable under them has been fixed by the learned trial Judge at $ 4,000 . No ap- peal has been ...
Page 242
... purchased the stock in trade of Lawrence , a grocer , in the stores Nos . 28 and 29 New Levée street , which was insured ... purchase the plaintiffs removed all the goods in their store to Nos . 28 and 29 New Levée street , which now con ...
... purchased the stock in trade of Lawrence , a grocer , in the stores Nos . 28 and 29 New Levée street , which was insured ... purchase the plaintiffs removed all the goods in their store to Nos . 28 and 29 New Levée street , which now con ...
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Page 272 - A bill of exchange is an unconditional order in writing, addressed by one person to another, signed by the person giving it, requiring the person to whom it is addressed to pay on demand or at a fixed or determinable future time a sum certain in money to or to the order of a specified person, or to bearer.
Page 389 - No court will lend its aid to a man who founds his cause of action upon an immoral or an illegal act. If, from the plaintiff's own stating or otherwise, the cause of action appears to arise ex turpi causa, or the transgression of a positive law of this country, there the Court says he has no right to be assisted.
Page 430 - ... (1) A contract for the sale of any goods of the value of ten pounds or upwards shall not be enforceable by action unless the buyer shall accept part of the goods so sold, and actually receive the same, or give something in earnest to bind the contract, or in part payment, or unless some note or memorandum in writing of the contract be made and signed by the party to be charged or his agent in that behalf.
Page 222 - Wages" means the money rate at which the service rendered is recompensed under the contract of hiring in force at the time of the accident, including the reasonable value of board, rent, housing, lodging or similar advantage received from the employer.
Page 61 - And, with respect to such a visitor at least, we consider it settled law, that he, using reasonable care on his part for his own safety, is entitled to expect that the occupier shall on his part use reasonable care to prevent damage from unusual danger, which he knows or ought to know...
Page 670 - We think that the true rule of law is that the person who, for his own purposes, brings on his land and collects and keeps there anything likely to do mischief if it escapes, must keep it in at his peril ; and if he does not do so, is prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape.
Page 533 - A valuable consideration in the sense of the law may consist either in some right, interest, profit, or benefit accruing to the one party, or some forbearance, detriment, loss, or responsibility given, suffered, or undertaken by the other.
Page 482 - If in any employment to which this Act applies personal injury by accident arising out of and in the course of the employment is caused to a workman, his employer shall, subject as herein-after mentioned, be liable to pay compensation in accordance with the First Schedule to this Act.
Page 323 - Employment by the same employer shall be taken to mean employment by the same employer in the grade in which the workman was employed at the time of the accident, uninterrupted by absence from work due to illness or any other unavoidable cause...
Page 273 - An unqualified order or promise to pay is unconditional within the meaning of this Act, though coupled with: 1. An indication of a particular fund out of which reimbursement is to be made, or a particular account to be debited with the amount; or 2. A statement of the transaction which gives rise to the instrument; but an order or promise to pay out of a particular fund is not unconditional.