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Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of Chancery of New-York - Page 281
by William Johnson - 1873
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Reports of Cases Decided in the Court of Chancery of the State of ..., Volume 2

New Jersey. Court of Chancery - Law reports, digests, etc - 1842 - 598 pages
...354. The [Ron et al. v. Eliz.Town and Somcrvillc Railroad Co.] •chancellor, in that case, says, " There is no principle better established in this court,...considerations of equity and public utility, than (hat which declares, that if one man knowingly, though he does it passively by looking on, suffers...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Appeals of ..., Volume 8

Maryland. Court of Appeals, Richard W. Gill, John Johnson, Richard Wordsworth Gill - Law reports, digests, etc - 1839 - 570 pages
...improvements upon it. In 1 John. Ch. R. 354, Chancellor Kent, speaking upon the same subject says, there is no principle better established in this court, nor one founded on more solid considerations The Maryland Savings Institution rs. Schroeder. — 1836. of equity and public utility, than that which...
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Reports of Cases Decided in the Court of Chancery of the State of ..., Volume 47

New Jersey. Court of Chancery - Law reports, digests, etc - 1891 - 700 pages
...jubet si non vetat." In Wendell v. Van Rensselaer, 1 Johns. Oh. 344, Chancellor Kent (at p. 354) says: "There is no principle better established in this court, nor one founded on more solid foundations of equity and public utility, than that which declares, that if one man, knowingly, though...
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A New Collection of Laws, Charters and Local Ordinances of the ..., Volume 2

Joseph M. White - Colonies - 1839 - 762 pages
...forbid the purchase, he shall be bound, and all claiming under him, by it." — 1st Fonblanqu&l 63. There is no principle better established in this court,...knowingly, though he does it passively by looking on, suffers another to purchase and expenJ money on land, under an erroneous opinion of title, without...
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A New Collection of Laws, Charters and Local Ordinances of the ..., Volume 2

Joseph M. White - Colonies - 1839 - 764 pages
...forbid the purchase, he shall be bound, and all claiming under him, by it." — 1st Foublanquel fi3. There is no principle better established in this court,...utility, than that which declares that if one man knowinglv, though he does it passively by looking on, suffers another to purchase and expend money...
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Reports of Cases Determined in the Court of Chancery of the State ..., Volume 2

New Jersey. Court of Chancery - Equity - 1842 - 598 pages
...fairly stated, and the cases referred to* in I John. Chan. 364. The chancellor, in that case, says, " There is no principle better established in this court,...knowingly, though he does it passively by looking on, suffers another to purchase and expend money on land, under an erroneous opinion of title, without...
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Documents, Including Messages and Other Communications

Ohio - 1842 - 562 pages
..."There is no principle," says the chancellor, in Wendell vs. Van Rensalaer, "better established," or "founded on more solid considerations of equity and...knowingly, though he does it passively by looking on, suffers another to purchase, and expend money on land, under an erroneous opinion of his title, without...
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A Digest of the Reported Cases Adjudged in the Several Courts Held ..., Volume 1

Thomas Isaac Wharton - Law reports, digests, etc - 1843 - 870 pages
...16; SP Heron V. Hoffman, 3 R. 393. (b) Equitable estoppel. 32. There is no principle better settled, nor one founded on more solid considerations of equity...public utility, than that which declares, that if one knowingly, though he does it passively by looking on, suffers anoiher to purchase and spend money on...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of ..., Volume 5

Louisiana. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1851 - 838 pages
...claiming under him, by it ; neither shiill infancy or coverture be any excuse in such case." * * * * " There is no principle better established in this court,...equity and public utility than that which declares, thnt if one man, knowingly, though he does it passively by looking on, suffers another to purchase...
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Mortgages in California: A Practical Essay

James De Fremery - Mortgages - 1860 - 118 pages
...considered to be evidence of notice, has been stated in ^ 41. c There is no principle better established, or founded on more solid considerations of equity and...knowingly, though he does it passively by looking on, suffers another to purchase, and expend money on land, under an erroneous opinion of his title, without...
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