Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With Tables of the Names of the Cases and the Principal Matters, Volume 1

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J. Butterworth and Son, 1825

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Page 594 - Nota, every contract made for or about any matter or thing which is prohibited and made unlawful by any statute, is a void contract, though the statute itself doth not mention that it shall be so but only inflicts a penalty on the offender; because a penalty implies a prohibition though there are no prohibitory words in the statute
Page 234 - ... to wit, on, &c. and on divers other days and times between that day and the day of exhibiting this bill, (or if in C.
Page 780 - ... from the said date, to be redelivered within four months from said date, and the purchase to be completed on the 24th of June, making a period of precisely five calendar months from the date of the sale and conditions, the word
Page 582 - Justice declared that a factor's sale does by the general rule of law create a contract between the owner and buyer. But, notwithstanding this, the jury found for the defendant; and, being asked their reason, declared that they thought from the circumstances no credit was given as between the owner and buyer and that the latter was answerable to the factor only, and he only to the owner.
Page 250 - ... if one partner makes a contract in his individual capacity, and the other partners are willing to take the benefit of it, they must be content to do so according to the mode in which the contract was made
Page 512 - BAYLEY J. I think it is clear, that the company are liable to be rated for the spring, which is part of the produce of the land. The company have the means of carrying this produce to market, where it affords a beneficial return...
Page 124 - Elizabeth, my well beloved wife, for and during the term of her natural life; and from and immediately after her decease...
Page 238 - ' could not intend it was proved at the trial, for the plaintiff need not prove more than is in his declaration ; ' ' and yet every lawyer is aware that a knowledge of the mischievous nature of the animal is of the essence of such an action, and would therefore never...
Page 47 - CJ, reserved the point, and directed the jury to find a verdict for the plaintiff, with liberty to the defendant to move to enter a nonsuit. A rule nisi for that purpose having been obtained in last Michaelmas Term, — Marryat and Chitty now showed cause.
Page 124 - Greg the younger, and his affigns for and during the term of his natural life, without impeachment of or for any manner of wafte ; and from and after the determination of that eftate to the ufe of the faid...

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