Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With Tables of the Names of the Cases Argued and Cited, and the Principal Matters, Volume 6Saunders and Benning, 1838 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 435 - Whatever restraint is larger than the necessary protection of the party can be of no benefit to either; it can only be oppressive; and, if oppressive, it is in the eye of the law unreasonable. Whatever is injurious to the interests of the public is void on the ground of public policy.
Page 168 - I hereby appoint sole executrix of this my last will and testament ; hereby revoking all former wills by me made.
Page 727 - Now Know Ye, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said Adolphe Nicole, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention, and the manner in which the same is to be performed, are particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement thereof, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked thereon...
Page 464 - The rule of law is clear, that where one by his words or conduct wilfully causes another to believe the existence of a certain state of things, and induces him to act on that belief so as to alter his own previous position, the former is concluded from averring against the latter a different state of things as existing at the same time.
Page 927 - ... any bill of exchange or promissory note be affected by reason of any statute or law in force for the prevention of usury...
Page 213 - Each must accompany the other; revocation is an act of the mind, which must be demonstrated by some outward and visible sign or symbol of revocation. The statute has specified four of these ; and if these or any of them are performed in the slightest manner, this, joined with the declared intent, will be a good revocation. It is not necessary that the will, or instrument itself, be totally destroyed or consumed, burnt, or torn to pieces.
Page 893 - ... more than two calendar months before the issuing of such commission, shall be valid, notwithstanding any prior act of bankruptcy by him committed; provided the person or persons so dealing with such bankrupt, or at whose suit or on whose account such execution or attachment shall have issued, had not at the time of such conveyance, contract, dealing, or transaction, or at the time of executing or levying such execution or attachment, notice of any prior act of bankruptcy by him committed...
Page 48 - That it shall be lawful for the said commissioners, by order under their hands and seals to declare so many parishes, as they may think fit, to be united for the administration of the laws for the relief of the poor...
Page 726 - Berry should not particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, by an instrument in writing under his hand and seal, and cause the same to be...
Page 926 - And be it further enacted, that no bill of exchange or promissory note made payable at or within three months after the date thereof, or not having more than three months to run, shall, by reason of any interest taken thereon or secured thereby, or any agreement to pay, or receive, or allow interest in discounting, negotiating, or transferring the same, be void...