Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: And Upon Writs of Error from that Court to the Exchequer Chamber, and in the Bail Court

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Page 368 - That any Arbitration or Umpirage procured by Corruption, or undue means, shall be judged and esteemed void and of none effect, and accordingly be set aside by any Court of Law or Equity, so as Complaint of such Corruption or undue Practice be made in the Court where the Rule is made for Submission to such Arbitration or Umpirage, before the last Day of the next Term after such Arbitration or Umpirage made and published to the Parties ; any thing in this Act contained to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 418 - That knowledge may have been acquired, either by seeing the party write, in which case it will be stronger or weaker according to the number of times and the periods and other circumstances under which the witness has seen the party write ; but it will be sufficient knowledge to admit the evidence of the witness (however little weight may be attached to it in such cases...
Page 496 - ... shall, by reason of any interest taken thereon or secured thereby, or any agreement to pay, or receive, or allow interest...
Page 399 - Be the same more or less together with all and singular the hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining and the reversion and reversions remainder and...
Page 680 - But the rule of law is clear, that, where one by his words or conduct wilfully causes another to believe the existence of a certain state of things, and induces him to act on that belief, so as to alter his own previous position, the former is concluded from averring against the latter a different state of things as existing at the same time."* In Freeman v.
Page 693 - ... more than two calendar months before the issuing of such commission, shall be valid, notwithstanding any prior act of bankruptcy by him committed ; provided the person or persons so dealing with such bankrupt, or at whose suit or on whose account such execution or attachment shall have issued, had not at the time of such conveyance, contract, dealing, or transaction, or at the time of executing or levying such execution or attachment, notice of any prior act of bankruptcy by him committed...
Page 430 - In witness whereof, the master or purser of the said vessel hath affirmed to C. D bills of lading, all of this tenor and date; one of which being accomplished, the others to stand void.
Page 430 - Ship called the whereof is Master for this present Voyage and now riding at Anchor in the and bound for to say being marked and numbered as in the Margin, and are to be delivered in the like good order and well conditioned...
Page 436 - ... the appellants had come to meet, and understood would be attempted to be proved by the respondents. The Court, after hearing counsel on both sides, decided upon hearing the evidence, and confirmed the order, subject to the opinion of the Court of King's Bench, whether the...
Page 116 - I hereby appoint sole executrix of this my last will and testament ; hereby revoking all former wills by me made.

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