Reports of Cases Adjudged in the High Court of Chancery: Before Sir William Page Wood, Knt., Vice-chancellor. [1854-1858], Volume 4W. Maxwell, 1859 |
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... contended , that the holders of every class of pre- ference stock mentioned in the bill were entitled to be paid in full , including all arrears ( if any ) upon their shares , before the holders of other stock could participate in any ...
... contended , that the holders of every class of pre- ference stock mentioned in the bill were entitled to be paid in full , including all arrears ( if any ) upon their shares , before the holders of other stock could participate in any ...
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... contended that the right to arrears did not depend upon the particular wording of any of the special Acts of Parliament , " guarantee , " or " fixed dividends , " or the like , but upon the broad ground that their shares were " to bear ...
... contended that the right to arrears did not depend upon the particular wording of any of the special Acts of Parliament , " guarantee , " or " fixed dividends , " or the like , but upon the broad ground that their shares were " to bear ...
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... contended , that a right so im- portant , so likely to be realised , having regard to the appa- rently prosperous condition of this Company , notwithstand- ing the fraud that had been perpetrated , is to be frittered away , simply ...
... contended , that a right so im- portant , so likely to be realised , having regard to the appa- rently prosperous condition of this Company , notwithstand- ing the fraud that had been perpetrated , is to be frittered away , simply ...
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... contended , that the Defendants were not entitled to have the passages in question protected from production on the case admitted of his per- forming it in person . ground of privilege . The doctrine as to privileged com- 34 CASES IN ...
... contended , that the Defendants were not entitled to have the passages in question protected from production on the case admitted of his per- forming it in person . ground of privilege . The doctrine as to privileged com- 34 CASES IN ...
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... contended that the case fell within the authorities above referred to , and cited , further , Reid v . Langlois ( c ) . Mr. Rolt , Q. C. , in reply . - In Reid v . Langlois the letters were written for the purpose of being communicated ...
... contended that the case fell within the authorities above referred to , and cited , further , Reid v . Langlois ( c ) . Mr. Rolt , Q. C. , in reply . - In Reid v . Langlois the letters were written for the purpose of being communicated ...
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Page 456 - was seised or otherwise entitled at the time of his decease, and also including lands, tenements, and hereditaments known as Duchy lands, to the uses, upon and for the trusts, intents, and purposes, and with, under, and subject to the powers, provisoes, and declarations hereinafter limited and declared.
Page 782 - The value of a ship, within the meaning of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854 (17 & 18 Viet. c. 104, s. 504), is, what she would have fetched if sold immediately before the collision, without deduction in respect of costs of sale. Therefore, when a ship had run down another and was afterwards sold, and her owners claimed the benefit of the
Page 365 - That all partial estates and interests, and all charges created by any disposition or will of a husband, and all debts, incumbrances, contracts, and engagements to which his land shall be subject or liable, shall be valid and effectual as against the right of his widow to dower.
Page 658 - memorandum of agreement, made in November, 1852, between the Plaintiff of the one part, and the Defendant of the other part, it was agreed, that the Defendant should publish, at his own expense and risk, a work
Page 388 - sea-going ship as aforesaid caused to any person carried in any other ship or boat; " (4). Where any loss or damage is by reason of any such improper navigation of such sea-going ship as aforesaid caused to any other ship or boat, or to any goods, merchandise, or other things whatsoever on board any other ship or boat,
Page 533 - contained as to the notice to be given and the plans and estimates to be prepared, cause to be made under the streets such main and other sewers as shall be necessary for the effectual draining of the town or district within the limits of the special Act, and also
Page 247 - benefit, the co-adventurers sharing the profit only, and "• having no right to call for any part of the soil. Shares, in such companies have been expressly held not to be " an interest in land " within the 4th section of the Statute of
Page 569 - Then, as to the 25th section, the proviso there contained, that, if the wife shall again cohabit with her husband, all such property as she may be entitled to when such cohabitation shall take place shall be held to her separate use,
Page 632 - Moffatt, Sir William, Grant says, " Upon this subject a Court of equity is not guided by the rules of law. It will sometimes hold a charge extinguished, where it would subsist at law; and sometimes preserve it, where at law it would be merged.
Page 389 - a proviso, which is unquestionably of great importance in construing the whole section, viz. " that in no case where any such liability as aforesaid is incurred in respect of loss of life or personal injury to any passenger, shall the value of any such ship, and the freight thereof, be taken to be less than fifteen pounds per registered ton.