Select Cases Decided by Lord Brougham in the Court of Chancery: In the Years 1833 & 1834S. Sweet, 1835 - 521 pages |
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... of correcting the press of this first volume I have found means to diversify , by following to their sources in the Civil and Feudal Laws the doctrines involved in some of the most important decisions ; and it PREFACE . V.
... of correcting the press of this first volume I have found means to diversify , by following to their sources in the Civil and Feudal Laws the doctrines involved in some of the most important decisions ; and it PREFACE . V.
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... important decisions ; and it was my intention to prefix the notes made by me on these heads by way of intro- duction ; but they were unfinished at the end of the period which I had set apart for the fulfilment of my editorial task , and ...
... important decisions ; and it was my intention to prefix the notes made by me on these heads by way of intro- duction ; but they were unfinished at the end of the period which I had set apart for the fulfilment of my editorial task , and ...
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... important indication of this intention is , when particular amounts are given to the different objects , and the whole shares taken together exhaust the fund . This is , in fact , the Thetford School case , in 8 Rep . 131 , supposing ...
... important indication of this intention is , when particular amounts are given to the different objects , and the whole shares taken together exhaust the fund . This is , in fact , the Thetford School case , in 8 Rep . 131 , supposing ...
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... importance of the question , not only in it- self , but its possible consequences , as well as the circumstance of my having the misfortune to differ with his Honor the Master of the Rolls in the opi- nion which I have formed , induces ...
... importance of the question , not only in it- self , but its possible consequences , as well as the circumstance of my having the misfortune to differ with his Honor the Master of the Rolls in the opi- nion which I have formed , induces ...
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... important in their bearing upon the present question , and his decision appears to me dis- tinctly to support the view which I am now taking . He held that the Corporation of Bristol was not a trustee of the surplus rents for the other ...
... important in their bearing upon the present question , and his decision appears to me dis- tinctly to support the view which I am now taking . He held that the Corporation of Bristol was not a trustee of the surplus rents for the other ...
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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 262 - ... at the date of the will, and at the death of the testator. The husband makes the will, which, it must not be altogether forgotten, it is denied relates to the stock.
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 465 - ... the natural and unavoidable consequence of kindness arising out of that relation. A client, for example, may naturally entertain a kindly feeling towards an attorney or solicitor by whose assistance he has long benefited; and he may fairly and wisely desire to benefit him by a gift, or, without such an intention being the predominating motive, he may wish to give him the advantage of a sale or a lease. No law that is tolerable among...
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 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 96 - Liverpool, aiifr, p. 88. 101 contemplation. But the party has no general privilege or protection ; he is bound to disclose all he knows, and believes, and thinks respecting his own case...
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...