An Analytical Digest of All the Reported Cases Determined in the House of Lords, the Several Courts of Common Law, in Banc and at Nisi Prius, and the Court of Bankruptcy: And Also the Crown Cases Reserved ... Together with a Full Selection of Equity Decisions, with the Manuscript Cases and the Best Modern Treatises Not Elsewhere Reported, Volume 4D. Thomas, 1842 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 2519 - It contained the usual covenants on the part of the lessee to quit and deliver up the premises at the end of the term in as good order and condition "as the same now are.
Page 2377 - And, for the like reason, in an action by the indorsee against the acceptor of a bill of exchange...
Page 2358 - ... had and received by the defendant to the use of the plaintiff...
Page 2524 - That every action brought against any person for any thing done in pursuance of this act, shall be commenced within three calendar months next after the fact committed...
Page 2390 - So an assignment of a bare right to file a bill in equity for a fraud committed upon the assignor will be held .void, as contrary to public policy, and as savoring of the character of maintenance...
Page 2584 - There, in an action by the indorsee of a bill of exchange against the acceptor...
Page 2525 - I ; and a writ of summons so renewed shall remain in force and be available to prevent the operation of any statute whereby the time for the commencement of the action may be limited, and for all other purposes, from the date of the issuing of the original writ of summons.
Page 2549 - Lord , was indebted to the plaintiff in pounds, for the price and value of goods then sold and delivered by the plaintiff to the defendant, at his request...
Page 2289 - By an order of reference, an action and all matters in difference were referred to arbitration, the costs of the suit and of the reference to abide the event of the award. The...
Page 2394 - 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.