Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law: With Tables of the Cases and Principal Matters ...T. & J.W. Johnson, 1872 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... months after the date of that grant the right of Ferguson to the office was established . I am , therefore , of opinion that the appointment to the office of clerk of the peace within the shires of Ireland did , by law , in and ...
... months after the date of that grant the right of Ferguson to the office was established . I am , therefore , of opinion that the appointment to the office of clerk of the peace within the shires of Ireland did , by law , in and ...
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... month of October , on the premises occupied by Simon Mills in the parish of Cheddiston , in the said county , the property ... months , till the ensuing Epiphany sessions , when , a compromise having been entered into between him and the ...
... month of October , on the premises occupied by Simon Mills in the parish of Cheddiston , in the said county , the property ... months , till the ensuing Epiphany sessions , when , a compromise having been entered into between him and the ...
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... months , and the plaintiffs kept the bill for seventeen months and ten days ; and then , finding that Stubbs was insolvent , applied for the first time to the defendants Ives & Co. for their endorsement . And [ * 97 it was held , that ...
... months , and the plaintiffs kept the bill for seventeen months and ten days ; and then , finding that Stubbs was insolvent , applied for the first time to the defendants Ives & Co. for their endorsement . And [ * 97 it was held , that ...
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... months after the bill was given . That might so alter the state of things as to be too late in an executory contract . But that will not govern the case of a guarantee . The second objection is , that the mere giving of time on the bill ...
... months after the bill was given . That might so alter the state of things as to be too late in an executory contract . But that will not govern the case of a guarantee . The second objection is , that the mere giving of time on the bill ...
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... months before the commencement of such imprisonment . " Knight being insolvent , borrowed money of A. B. , and immediately paid it over , within three months before his imprisonment , in discharge of the debts of various of his , the ...
... months before the commencement of such imprisonment . " Knight being insolvent , borrowed money of A. B. , and immediately paid it over , within three months before his imprisonment , in discharge of the debts of various of his , the ...
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Page 235 - The first count of the declaration, upon which alone the question arises, stated that, in consideration that the plaintiff, at the request of the defendant, had bought of the defendant a horse for the sum of £30, the defendant promised that it was sound and free from vice.
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Page 262 - I take the effect of repealing a statute to be, to obliterate it as completely from the records of the parliament as if it had never passed ; and it must be considered as a law that never existed, except for the purpose of those actions which were commenced, prosecuted, and concluded whilst it was an existing law.
Page 378 - ... was served, and that no sufficient distress was to be found on the demised premises, countervailing the arrears then due, and that the lessor...
Page 461 - ... that in actions of debt or upon the case grounded upon any simple contract, no acknowledgment or promise by words only shall be deemed sufficient evidence of a new or continuing contract...
Page 124 - ... upon any agreement that is not to be performed within the space of one year from the making thereof...
Page 123 - That in Actions of Debt or upon the Case grounded upon any Simple Contract no Acknowledgment or Promise by Words only shall be deemed sufficient Evidence of a new or continuing Contract, whereby to take any Case out of the Operation of the...