The Revised Reports: Being a Republication of Such Cases in the English Courts of Common Law and Equity, from the Year 1785, as are Still of Practical Utility. 1785-1866, Volum 143Frederick Pollock, Robert Campbell, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead Sweet & Maxwell, limited, 1914 |
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Act of Parliament action aforesaid agreement annuity appears apply appointment assigns authority Beav bill BRAMWELL charge Charles Christie child cited claim clause codicil contended contract costs Court court of equity Court of Exchequer covenant creditors damage daughter death debt decease declaration deed defendant defendant's devise effect entitled evidence executed executors fact fee simple fund gift goit heirs held intended interest issue John judgment jury KINDERSLEY L. J. Ch L. J. Ex land lease leasehold estate legacies liable Lord marriage ment mortgage opinion paid paid into Court parish parties payment personal estate plaintiff plea premises purchase question Railway Company real estate reason referred rents residuary residue respect rule settlement shares ship statute Statute of Frauds suit tenant testator's thereof tion trust vested VICE-CHANCELLOR Vict Western Railway wife William words
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Pàgina 628 - be brought or maintained in any court of law or equity for recovering any sum of money or valuable thing alleged to be won upon any wager, or which shall have been deposited in the hands of any person to abide the event on which any wager shall have been made.
Pàgina 552 - &c., do make, publish and declare this my last will and testament in manner and form following, that is to say, first, I desire that all my just debts, funeral expenses, and the expense of proving this my
Pàgina 644 - of things does not happen if those who have the management use proper care, it affords reasonable evidence, in the absence of explanation by the defendants, that the accident arose from want of care.
Pàgina 611 - conferred or to confer on the person entitled by reason of any such disposition or devolution a succession; and the term ' successor ' shall denote the person so entitled; and the term ' predecessor' shall denote the settlor, disponer, testator, obligor, ancestor or other person from whom the interest of the successor is or shall be
Pàgina 655 - that no appointment made by will in exercise of any power, shall be valid unless the same be executed in manner hereinbefore required; and every will executed in manner hereinbefore required shall, so far as respects the execution and attestation thereof, be a valid execution of a power of appointment by will, notwithstanding it shall have been expressly
Pàgina 455 - deed or writing by her duly executed in the presence of two or more credible witnesses, or by her last will and testament in writing, by her duly signed, sealed, and published in the presence of three or more credible witnesses, notwithstanding her coverture, should direct
Pàgina 628 - that all contracts or agreements, whether by parol or in writing, by way of gaming or wagering shall be null and void." This is a contract in writing (and I think a wager in the ordinary sense of the word),
Pàgina 626 - or wagering. Then follows a proviso that the "enactment shall not be deemed to apply to any subscription or contribution, or agreement to subscribe or contribute, for or towards any plate, prize, or sum of money to be awarded to the winner or winners of any lawful game, sport, pastime or exercise.
Pàgina 629 - that this enactment shall not be deemed to apply to any subscription or contribution, or agreement to subscribe or contribute, for or toward any plate, prize, or sum of money to be awarded to the winner or winners of any lawful game, sport, pastime or exercise.
Pàgina 626 - any subscription or contribution, or agreement to subscribe or contribute, for or towards any plate, prize, or sum of money to be awarded to the winner or winners of any lawful game, sport, pastime or exercise." This case comes within the proviso. Each party agreed to stake his horse on the