Reports of Cases Argued and Ruled at Nisi Prius, in the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas: 1793[-1807] ...P. Byrne, 1807 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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act of bankruptcy action of assumpsit action was brought admission admitted afterwards agreement answered ARGUED AND RULED assignees ASSUMPSIT attorney averment bankrupt bill of exchange bill of lading Bovingdon brought to recover called charged claimed commission contended contract Court debt declaration defendant defendant's counsel dence Doe ex ejectment entitled Erskine Espinasse evidence execution fact fendant Garrow Gibbs given horse indictment indorsed jury Kendray King's Bench lease liable Little Canfield Lord ELLENBOROUGH Lord Macartney Marryat ment MICHAELMAS TERM Nisi Prius non est factum nonsuited notice to quit objected officer opinion paid parish party payment person plaintiff proved plaintiff's counsel Plea of Non-assumpsit pleaded possession premises produced relied rent RULED AT NISI Serjt servant sheriff shew ship SITTINGS AFTER TERM statute statute of frauds sufficient taken tenant tiff tion trial usury Verdict Vide voyage warrant wharf witness writ
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Page 209 - ... to any person or persons for any term or number of years not exceeding twenty-one years...
Page 210 - July, 1840, by a certain indenture then made between the plaintiff of the one part, and the defendant of the other part...
Page 116 - And in another place his lordship adds, " I think the master having entrusted the servant to sell, he is entrusted to do all he can to effectuate the sale ; •and if he does exceed his authority in so doing, he binds his master.
Page 115 - If the servant is sent with the horse by his master, and the horse is offered for sale, I think he thereby becomes the accredited agent of his master, and what he has said at the time of sale, as part of the transaction of selling, respecting the horse, is evidence ; but an acknowledgment to that effect made at another time is not so : it must be confined to the time of the actual sale, when he was acting for his master.
Page 136 - Arundel ; and by reason of such inheritance and seisin the earl and his ancestors, from time whereof the memory of man was not to the contrary, had been Earls of Arundel, and had thereby used, borne, and enjoyed the title, name, and dignity of Earl of Arundel...
Page 83 - ... such defendant or defendants shall have double costs, and shall have such remedy for recovering the same, as any defendant or defendants may have for his, her or their costs, in any cases by law."d This act of parliament has been construed to extend to an action of debt for less than five pounds, on the judgment of a superior court.
Page 82 - ... of them in the said Court of Requests, then and in every such case, the plaintiff or plaintiffs in such action or suit shall not, by reason of a verdict for him, her, or them, or otherwise have or be entitled to any costs whatsoever...
Page 208 - Baron, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff, subject to the opinion of the Court...
Page 72 - That there should have been a special count, inasmuch as the right to these costs by the plaintiff was not so apparent. The plaintiff might have defended the action of his own wrong, and without any authority from the defendant. If he had done so, he...
Page 142 - This was an action of assumpsit, for money had and received, brought by the plaintiff, as administrator of...