Solicitor's bill of costs against a company being
wound-up not barred by Statute of Limitations 320
The relationship of attorney and client not of the
fiduciary nature of that of trustee and cestui
que trust
(See Articled Clerk.)
AUCTIONS, LAW OF..
Meaning of sale without reserve-The highest
bona fide bidder may sue an auctioneer if he
knocks down the hammer at subsequent bid-
ding of the owner, or a person bidding for him
with the privity of the auctioneer-Owner may
revoke auctioneer's authority-What is not a
revocation
In case of surplus, judgment-creditors entitled to
interest before simple contract creditors
Proof of promissory note by an innocent holder
for value against a company
Jurisdiction-Order to file and prosecute petition 75
Grant of, under sect. 198, conduct as traders be-
fore bankruptcy-false representation as to sol-
vency ...
Justices have jurisdiction to make order and to
determine whether summons on putative father
is rightly served
BEERHOUSE.
(See Alehouse.)
BENGAL CIVIL SERVICE FUND.
Repayment of excess of subscriptions to, by a
servant of the 1st India Company refused 348
BILL OF EXCHANGE AND PROMISSORY
NOTE.
Time given to principal releases surety
Right of manager of banking company to sue in
his own name on a bill indorsed in blank and
handed to him for the company
Liability of acceptor to bonâ fide indorsee for
value-Bill obtained by fraud-Reversing de-
cision of court below
Difference between, and an order
Protection granted on appeal to a bankrupt who
had been refused his certificate without protec-
tion
Petition by trader for adjudication against him-
self must show 150l. assets-Creditor may pro-
secute it..
Proof by creditor holding security-Statutory
allowance to bankrupt under sect. 195............ 136
Expenses of Registrar's fees-Power of assignees 136
Enlargement of time for opening petition-Juris-
diction to stop sale by injunction.......
Adjournment of sitting for choice of assignees
Deed of arrangement under sect. 224 not an act
of bankruptcy-Reasonable time allowed to
procure assent of creditors
Improper description of grantor in affidavit of
attesting witness
Description of grantor in body of bill of sale and
in atidavit, where a son has same name as his
father, need not describe him as "the younger'
Mere receipt for purchase-money does not require
to be registered, if not required to operate as a
A private bargain by a bankrupt set aside as
illegal, sects. 230 and 231
Consolidation of petitions under separate and
joint adjudications against the firm, and a mem-
ber of it.....
Wife of bankrupt held entitled to whole of a suni
devised to her after the bankruptcy
A deed of arrangement is an act of bankruptcy on
which a petition may be founded before the
necessary number of creditors have executed it 285
What is sufficient acquiescence by a creditor in a
deed of arrangement to prevent his founding a
petition upon it
Assignment of goods of bankrupt on the high
seas, whether in the order and disposition of
the bankrupt, with the consent of the owner-
Notice........
Goods assigned by a registered bill of sale, but in
bankrupt's possession, are in his order and dis-
position, and pass to assignees
Proof by legatee of a bond given to him by execu-
tors to secure legacy-The estate afterwards
proving insolvent
Plea of, no answer to action of covenant for
breach of a lease
A registered bill of sale of goods, if they are left
in bankrupt's possession, does not take them out
of his order and disposition, and they pass to
his assignees
Improper description of residence of attesting
witness-Evidence of reputed ownership
What is a sufficient description in affidavit of re-
sidence and occupation
Liability of railways to repair bridges over turn-
pike-roads.
................. 332:
Who are acting trustees for maintenance of-
Notice of meetings
BRISTOL.
381 Free grammar school, boarders at
BUILDING, METROPOLITAN.
(See Metropolitan Building Act.)
What is a contingent liability
Jurisdiction of commissioner under arrangement
clauses to deal with proposals of debtors
Creditor verbally assenting to assignment for
benefit of creditors precluded from charging
that as an act of bankruptcy
Money paid after certificate in respect of a debt
proved under a former bankruptcy-Construc- Negligence in delivery of fish
tion of ss. 202 and 204
Appeal Act-Construction of....
Refusal of to state case on a charge of desertion
of a wife......
Tenancy at will determined by demand of posses-
Agreement for lease with covenant not to assign
will permit of a condition in the lease that it
should be void in case of bankruptcy
Meaning of term "outgoings" to be paid by
tenant, it does not include land-tax or tithe
commutation rentcharge........
Determination of tenancy and subsequent nego-
tiations for lease, tenant still in possession as
tenant at will, demand of possession necessary 77
Distress for rent-Tender to man in possession
not sufficient-Tender to bailiff would be so... 166
Liability of landlord for negligence by tenant-
What is evidence of re-entry.....
Agreement to surrender a lease and hold as tenant
at will, ejectment will lie against tenant......... 345
Cancelling of lease by mutual consent does not
destroy all remedy for rent.......
When temporary quitting possession is not an
abandonment of the distress
Whether given as a guarantee or an actual
payment.......................
Liable in an action of tort for injury done by
its servants
Liability under subscription contract made
under Registration Act (7 & 8 Vict. c. 110),
in an action on the covenant to pay the sun
subscribed....
Court will not grant injunction against a com-
pany incorporated in a foreign country, and
its business also conducted there, although
having directors in London....
Injunction refused to restrain one shareholder
from taking proceedings against another...... 261
Agreement by to take lease of land enforced 265
Submission to arbitration by two companies re-
voked on one of them being wound-up, unless
security given for costs
A gas company liable for a nuisance, though not
occasioned by its own act
Contract for purchase of shares, what misre-
presentation by directors and acquiescence by
purchaser will not suffice to set aside the sale. 360
Contract for sale of shares-Transfer-By whom
consent of directors is to be obtained-Rules
of Stock Exchange............
Liability of shareholder in a joint-stock bank
where the capital had not been paid up as re-
quired........
In rendering a partnership account.
LANDS CLAUSES CONSOLIDATION ACT.
Declaration under sect. 33-Insufficiency of affi-
davit
Re-investment of purchase moneys-Sects 69, 80
-What are buildings taken or injured by
153
proximity to the works"
Construction of sect. 92-Garden is part of a
house
Payment of money into court-Meaning of "liti-
gation between adverse claimants "-Form of
order
Investment of money in land to uses different
from those existing when it was purchased re-
fused
Bequest of shares to B. for life does not carry
bonus paid after testator's death........
Directors may advance money to company for
its legitimate purposes, but may not formally
contract for a loan of money to it
Specific performance of sale of refused, where
lands included in agreement which were in
lease to lessor together with other lands
A lease of land free of all outgoings" imposes
on tenant the land-tax and tithe rentcharge... 506
Breach of covenant in claim against residuary
estate of covenantor......
35
Right to accumulations where rents directed to
be set aside to renew lease and renewal is im-
practicable
LEASES AND SETTLED ESTATES ACT.
Application may not be made to court under this
Act where similar application had been re-
jected by Parliament
Meaning of the word "settlement'
Of court of equity over an agreement by tenant
to surrender lease....
Of court to compel Insolvent Court to make an
Whether legal or equitable
Jurisdiction of, as to widening public bridge, is
Set-off Cross demands by tenant's deduction
from rents........