A Handy Book on Property Law: In a Series of Letters |
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... party , sent an issue to be tried at common law . The observa- tions which were attributed to the learned judge led to an explanation between him and his bar , who could not admit their incompetency to execute the duty cast upon them by ...
... party , sent an issue to be tried at common law . The observa- tions which were attributed to the learned judge led to an explanation between him and his bar , who could not admit their incompetency to execute the duty cast upon them by ...
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... party in not fulfilling his contract . Thus , if you were to sell your estate to your neighbour Tompson , and were afterwards , disliking the bargain , to refuse to con- vey it to him , he would have it in his election to proceed ...
... party in not fulfilling his contract . Thus , if you were to sell your estate to your neighbour Tompson , and were afterwards , disliking the bargain , to refuse to con- vey it to him , he would have it in his election to proceed ...
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... parties , the power of assessing the damages . † These , in my opinion , are not improvements of the law , as it has been administered beneficially for centuries . The terms specific performance and action for breach of * 21 & 22 Vict ...
... parties , the power of assessing the damages . † These , in my opinion , are not improvements of the law , as it has been administered beneficially for centuries . The terms specific performance and action for breach of * 21 & 22 Vict ...
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... parties , whereas the courts of law adhere more strictly to the letter of the contract . Thus , if an estate is described in a particular of sale to be in good repair , and it turns out to be in bad repair , the seller cannot enforce ...
... parties , whereas the courts of law adhere more strictly to the letter of the contract . Thus , if an estate is described in a particular of sale to be in good repair , and it turns out to be in bad repair , the seller cannot enforce ...
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... party complaining was aware of the cause of the delay when he entered into the agreement , and the other party is not wilfully lying by , equity will compel a specific performance in the same manner as if the party had been ready to ...
... party complaining was aware of the cause of the delay when he entered into the agreement , and the other party is not wilfully lying by , equity will compel a specific performance in the same manner as if the party had been ready to ...
Common terms and phrases
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Popular passages
Page 285 - Whosoever, being a director, manager, or public officer of any body corporate or public company shall make, circulate, or publish, or concur in making, circulating, or publishing, any written statement or account which he shall know to be false in any material particular...
Page 246 - ... is required for the execution of the will ; but the will, with such alteration as part thereof, shall be deemed to be duly executed if the signature of the testator and the subscription of the witnesses be made in the margin or on some other part of the will...
Page 241 - That no will shall be valid unless it shall be in writing and executed in manner herein-after mentioned ; (that is to say,) it shall be signed at the foot or end thereof by the testator, or by some other person in his presence and by his direction...
Page 252 - And be it further enacted, that no will or codicil or any part thereof, which shall be in any manner revoked, shall be revived otherwise than by the re-execution thereof, or by a codicil executed in manner hereinbefore required, and showing an intention to revive the same ; and when any will or codicil which shall be partly revoked, and afterwards wholly revoked, shall be revived, such revival shall not extend to so much thereof as shall have been revoked before the revocation of the whole thereof,...
Page 75 - God; but as nothing of this sort exists here, it is unnecessary to inquire what excuse would be sufficient. The general rule, as above stated, seems on principle just. The person whose grass or corn is eaten down by the escaping cattle of his...
Page 159 - Court shall have Power to direct in what Manner such Damages shall be paid or applied, and to direct that the whole or any Part thereof shall be settled for the Benefit of the Children (if any) of the Marriage, or as a Provision for the Maintenance of the Wife.
Page 76 - We think that the true rule of law is that the person who, for his own purposes, brings on his land and collects and keeps there anything likely to do mischief if it escapes, must keep it in at his peril ; and if he does not do so, is prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape.
Page 36 - If a person having a right to an estate permit or encourage a purchaser to buy it of another, the purchaser shall hold it against the person who has the right.
Page 79 - No doubt, all the water falling from heaven and shed upon the surface of a hill, at the foot of which a brook runs, must, by the natural force of gravity, find its way to the bottom, and so into the brook ; but this does not prevent the owner of the land on which this water falls from dealing with it as he may please and appropriating it.
Page 71 - It was held by all the court, upon demurrer, that, if one erect a house, and build a conduit thereto, in another part of his land, and convey water by pipes to the house, and afterwards sell the house with the appurtenances, excepting the land, or sell the land to another, reserving to himself the house...