The Law Times Reports: Containing All the Cases Argued and Determined in the House of Lords, ... ; Together with a Selection of Cases of Universal Application Decided in the Superior Courts in Ireland and in Scotland, Volume 30

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Page 208 - Every share in any company shall be deemed and taken to have been issued, and to be held subject to the payment of the whole amount thereof in cash...
Page 23 - ... the master or other person signing the same, notwithstanding that such goods or some part thereof may not have been so shipped, unless such holder of the bill of lading shall have had actual notice at the time of receiving the same that the goods had not been in fact laden on board: Provided, that the master or other person so signing may exonerate himself in respect of such misrepresentation by showing that it was caused without any default on his part, and wholly by the fraud of the shipper...
Page 132 - ... ship at the time, unless it is shown to the satisfaction of the court that the circumstances of the case made a departure from the regulation necessary.
Page 235 - it is a general rule, that no court of limited jurisdiction can give itself jurisdiction by a wrong decision on a point collateral to the merits of the case upon which the limit to its jurisdiction depends; and however its decision may be final on all particulars, making up together that subject-matter which, if true, is within its jurisdiction, and however necessary in many cases it may be for it to make a preliminary inquiry, whether some collateral matter be or be not within the limits, yet, upon...
Page 71 - Hawkins for life, sans waste, with remainder to trustees to preserve contingent remainders, with remainder to the use of the first and other sons of John Heywood, Hawkins successively in tail male, with remainder to the use of his first and other sons successively...
Page 70 - Will, and that no such Will shall be affected by the Circumstance that the Signature shall not follow or be immediately after the Foot or End of the Will, or by the Circumstance that a blank Space shall intervene between the concluding Word of the Will and the Signature...
Page 95 - ... such possession or receipt then such right shall be deemed to have first accrued at the time at which the person claiming as aforesaid or the person through whom he claims became entitled to such possession or receipt by virtue of such instrument.
Page 33 - ... the rent at which the same might reasonably be expected to let from year to year, free of all usual tenant's rates and taxes, and tithe commutation rent-charge, if any, and deducting therefrom the probable average annual cost of the repairs, insurance, and other expenses, if any, necessary to maintain them in a state to command such rent...
Page 151 - ... as she should by deed or will appoint, and in default of appointment in trust for the person or persons (including any husband of Mrs.
Page 292 - Board shall cause the Sewers vested in them to be constructed, covered, and kept so as not to be a Nuisance or injurious to Health...

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