The Law of Railway Companies, Comprising the Companies Clauses: The Lands Clauses, the Railways Clauses Consolidation Acts, the Railway Companies Act, 1867, (with the General Order and Rules Thereon,) and the Regulation of Railways Act, 1868; with Notes of All the Cases Decided on Those Acts |
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... contract , and then sold his shares for valuable con- sideration , but without any agreement or contract in writing , he was not entitled to a decree for specific performance , nor to be indem- nified in respect of calls on the shares ...
... contract , and then sold his shares for valuable con- sideration , but without any agreement or contract in writing , he was not entitled to a decree for specific performance , nor to be indem- nified in respect of calls on the shares ...
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... contract , and making a deposit , but who himself had not signed the contract nor obtained a written conveyance of the shares , was held to be the proprietor of the shares . And in Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway Co. v ...
... contract , and making a deposit , but who himself had not signed the contract nor obtained a written conveyance of the shares , was held to be the proprietor of the shares . And in Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway Co. v ...
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... contract between the infant and the company is voidable by him , and a plea alleging repudiation at majority , and notice of the same , is a good one : ( Newry and En- niskillen Railway Co. v . Coombe , 3 Exch . 565 ; 18 L. J. ( Exch ...
... contract between the infant and the company is voidable by him , and a plea alleging repudiation at majority , and notice of the same , is a good one : ( Newry and En- niskillen Railway Co. v . Coombe , 3 Exch . 565 ; 18 L. J. ( Exch ...
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... contract : ject of contract . ( Harris v . North Devon Railway Co. , 20 Bea . 384. ) Not a proper sub- Forfeiture of to secure debt owing to the company . Accordingly , directors having by letter offered a brother director an option to ...
... contract : ject of contract . ( Harris v . North Devon Railway Co. , 20 Bea . 384. ) Not a proper sub- Forfeiture of to secure debt owing to the company . Accordingly , directors having by letter offered a brother director an option to ...
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... contract entered into after the passing of the act , or in an action not on a contract , commenced after the passing of the act ; and a receiver and manager may be appointed . See post , the Railway Companies Act , 1867 , s . 7 ...
... contract entered into after the passing of the act , or in an action not on a contract , commenced after the passing of the act ; and a receiver and manager may be appointed . See post , the Railway Companies Act , 1867 , s . 7 ...
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Page 405 - ... in every such action the jury may give such damages as they may think proportioned to the injury resulting from such death to the parties respectively for whom and for whose benefit such action shall be brought...
Page cxxxvi - ... shall be paid into the receipt of her Majesty's Exchequer in such manner as the Treasury may direct, and shall be carried to and form part of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom.
Page cxii - ... being hereby declared to be null and void : Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the said companies from making such conditions with respect to the receiving, forwarding and delivering of any of the said animals, articles, goods or things as shall be adjudged by the Court or judge before whom any question relating thereto shall be tried, to be just and reasonable...
Page 319 - ... for the value of the lands so taken or used, and for all damage sustained by such owners, occupiers, and other parties, by reason of the exercise, as regards such lands, of the powers by this or the special Act, or any Act incorporated therewith, vested in the Company...
Page 394 - ... or advantage or prejudice or disadvantage, as aforesaid, and so that no obstruction may be offered to the public desirous of using such railways or GROUP RATESCONSTRUCT i ojr OF ACT CONCERNING.
Page clxxxviii - Speed be paid into the Bank of England in the Name and with the Privity of the Accountant General of the Court of Exchequer, to be placed to his Account there ex parte " The Copyhold Commissioners...
Page 302 - ... at a time and place mentioned in such summons, and to administer to him an oath to testify the truth in such matter ; and if any person so summoned shall, without reasonable excuse, refuse or neglect to appear at the time and place appointed for that purpose, having been paid or tendered...
Page 116 - Any notice, if served by post, shall be deemed to have been served at the time when the letter containing the same would be delivered in the ordinary course of the post; and in proving such service it shall be sufficient to prove that the letter containing the notice was properly addressed and put into the post office.
Page 121 - Party making the same be deemed a Trespasser, on account of any Defect or Want of Form in the Summons', Conviction, Warrant, Distress, or other Proceeding relating thereto, nor shall such Party be deemed a Trespasser ab initio...
Page 1 - An Act for consolidating in one Act certain provisions usually inserted in Acts with respect, to the constitution of Companies incorporated for carrying on undertakings of a public nature.