Select Cases Decided by Lord Brougham in the Court of Chancery: In the Years 1833 & 1834S. Sweet, 1835 - 521 pages |
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... directing that the whole of the estate shall go to the support of the master and poor , and the maintaining and repairing of the house and possessions , and no otherwise . There being then no dispute that the whole is given to the ...
... directing that the whole of the estate shall go to the support of the master and poor , and the maintaining and repairing of the house and possessions , and no otherwise . There being then no dispute that the whole is given to the ...
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... directed to inquire and state who was the heir at law of the said Samuel Oldham . It is under this reference that the title of the conflicting parties arises . The subsequent pro- ceedings in the cause were no longer between Freeman and ...
... directed to inquire and state who was the heir at law of the said Samuel Oldham . It is under this reference that the title of the conflicting parties arises . The subsequent pro- ceedings in the cause were no longer between Freeman and ...
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... directed to examine witnesses in India , as to the tenure of the property in dispute . The commission was returned executed in 1821. In December of that year , Elizabeth Oldham and William Smith , and Charlotte his wife , carried their ...
... directed to examine witnesses in India , as to the tenure of the property in dispute . The commission was returned executed in 1821. In December of that year , Elizabeth Oldham and William Smith , and Charlotte his wife , carried their ...
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... directed to be placed out at interest for the benefit of my daughters , out of my personal estate as aforesaid , upon trust that they my said trustees , & c . ; and upon my son S. S. attaining the age of 22 years , I give , de- vise ...
... directed to be placed out at interest for the benefit of my daughters , out of my personal estate as aforesaid , upon trust that they my said trustees , & c . ; and upon my son S. S. attaining the age of 22 years , I give , de- vise ...
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... directed to be placed out at in- terest for the benefit of my daughters , " & c . But it must be remembered , first , that the bulk of the argument in favour of the charge , turns upon ex- tending the words " after payment " beyond the ...
... directed to be placed out at in- terest for the benefit of my daughters , " & c . But it must be remembered , first , that the bulk of the argument in favour of the charge , turns upon ex- tending the words " after payment " beyond the ...
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Page 317 - This tends to no mischief, and is a reasonable liberty to bestow; but great detriment would arise and much confusion of rights, if parties were allowed to invent new modes of holding and enjoying real property, and to impress upon their lands and tenements a peculiar character, which should follow them into all hands, however remote.
Page 71 - A. be dead at the date of the will or at the death of the testator, the issue of that child cannot take anything.
Page 153 - And then it is provided, in the third section, " that all such matters to be heard and determined in the said Court of Review shall be brought on by way of petition, motion, or special case...
Page 440 - Warrant; and for so doing this shall be your sufficient Warrant.
Page 327 - It is not sufficient that a covenant is concerning the land, but, in order to make it run with the land, there must be a privity of estate between the covenanting parties.
Page 317 - Every close, every messuage, might thus be held in a different fashion, and it would be hardly possible to know what rights the acquisition of any parcel conferred, or what obligations it imposed. The right of way or of common is of a public, as well as of a simple, nature, and no one who sees the premises can be ignorant of what all the vicinage knows.
Page 96 - I sat here, the principle has been acted upon, that even the party himself cannot be compelled to disclose his own statements made to his counsel or solicitor in the suit pending, or with reference to that suit when in contemplation.
Page 80 - Monypenny for and during the term of his natural life, and from and immediately after his decease, upon trust for the first son of the body of such first son, and the heirs male of his body ; and, in default of such issue...
Page 1 - Court, by the affidavit of the solicitor of the plaintiff, or of his town agent, if the writ of attachment was issued by such town agent, that due diligence was used to ascertain the place where such defendant was at the time of issuing such writ, and in endeavouring to apprehend such defendant under the same, and that the person suing forth such writ verily believed at the time of suing forth the same that such defendant was in the county into which such writ was issued.
Page 98 - But were it allowed to extend over such communications the protection would be insufficient, if it only included communications more or less connected with judicial proceedings ; for a person oftentimes requires the aid of professional advice upon the subject of his rights and...