Reports of Cases Ruled and Determined at Nisi Prius: In the Court of Common Pleas, and on the Northern Circuit; from the Sittings After Trinity Term, 55 Geo. III. 1815, to the Sittings After Michaelmas Term, 58 Geo. III. 1817, Both Inclusive. To which are Added, Copious Notes Upon the Most Important Subjects of Commercial and General Law, Volume 1 |
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... debt and costs in TH HOLLAND V. JOURDINE . THIS was an action to recover the amount of an attorney's bill ; plea the general issue . The defendant's counsel admitted the bill to be due , and the cause , and the defence was , a receipt ...
... debt and costs in TH HOLLAND V. JOURDINE . THIS was an action to recover the amount of an attorney's bill ; plea the general issue . The defendant's counsel admitted the bill to be due , and the cause , and the defence was , a receipt ...
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... debt and costs , and the plaintiff re- fuses to receive it , the Court will permit the defendant to pay into Court the debt and the costs up to the time of his offer only . And the plaintiff will be compelled to pay the costs of the ...
... debt and costs , and the plaintiff re- fuses to receive it , the Court will permit the defendant to pay into Court the debt and the costs up to the time of his offer only . And the plaintiff will be compelled to pay the costs of the ...
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... debt were disputed . the execution traders , by which they make an as- signment of all their property , though such assignment be fraudulent , and an act of bankruptcy , upon which The alleged act of bankruptcy was an assign- other ...
... debt were disputed . the execution traders , by which they make an as- signment of all their property , though such assignment be fraudulent , and an act of bankruptcy , upon which The alleged act of bankruptcy was an assign- other ...
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... debts respectively amounted to 30l . , should come in under the terms of the deed by the 10th of January , 1814 , the deed should be void . The bankrupts themselves had executed the deed ; but the trustees had not executed it , nor was ...
... debts respectively amounted to 30l . , should come in under the terms of the deed by the 10th of January , 1814 , the deed should be void . The bankrupts themselves had executed the deed ; but the trustees had not executed it , nor was ...
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... debt for the penalty , or an action on the covenant for damages . In the former case , the contract is rescinded , and the penalty becomes the debt in law ; subject of course to relief in equity , and to the re- strictions by the mode ...
... debt for the penalty , or an action on the covenant for damages . In the former case , the contract is rescinded , and the penalty becomes the debt in law ; subject of course to relief in equity , and to the re- strictions by the mode ...
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