Results: 56

• Campbell v Campbell

  08 Jul 1880 5 App Cas 787, HL

  ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES — Scotch conveyance — Succession
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  ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES — Scotch conveyance — Succession — Unqualified General Disposition — Admissibility of Extraneous Evidence — Evacuation of Special Destination in a Settlement having no Prohibitory Clauses.

• Pitts v La Fontaine (No 1)

  11 May 1880 5 App Cas 564, PC

  PRACTICE — Consular court of constantinople — Procedure.
  SIR JAMES W. COLVILE: — At the close of the argument in this case, it was admitted that the Appellant had established his right to some relief in respect of the extraordinary and complicated proceedings in the Supreme Consular Court of Constantinople which are the subject of appeal. The question which their Lordships reserved for consideration was what relief, having regard to the peculiar nature of the case, the limited powers of the Consular Court over the subject-matter, and the rights which other parties have acquired, they could recommend Her Majesty to grant. In order to determine the question it
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  PRACTICE — Consular court of constantinople — Procedure.
• Wallingford v Mutual Society

  08 Jun 1880 5 App Cas 685, HL

  Subsequent considerations : 2 neutral. Subsequent citations: 13.
  PRACTICE — Judicature act, rules and orders — Lottery
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  PRACTICE — Judicature act, rules and orders — Lottery — Penalty — Mortgage — Accounts.

• Pierre Vincent Valin v Jean Langlois, In Re Petition Of Pierre Vincent Valin

  13 Dec 1879 5 App Cas 115, PC

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  CONSTITUTION — British north america act, 1867, s. 92, sub-s. 14 — Canada Statute, 37 Vict. c. 10
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  CONSTITUTION — British north america act, 1867, s. 92, sub-s. 14 — Canada Statute, 37 Vict. c. 10 — Distribution of Legislative Power — Jurisdiction of Superior Court — Election Petitions.

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• Ex Parte Charles Nicolle

  16 Dec 1879 5 App Cas 346, PC

  JERSEY — Law of Jersey — Curatelle
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  JERSEY — Law of Jersey — Curatelle — Person — Property.

• Marie Anne Claire Symes and Her Husband, Marquis Of Bassano v Marie AngÉLique Cuvillier and Her Husband Alexander Maurice Delisle

  25 Feb 1880 5 App Cas 138, PC

  GIFT — Canadian law — Donations
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  GIFT — Canadian law — Donations — Revocability of Gifts par la survenance d'enfants du donateur — Ordinance of 1731.
• Lord Advocate v Lord Lovat

  28 Feb 1880 5 App Cas 273, HL

  Subsequent considerations : 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 13.
  FISHING — Salmon fishing — Barony Title
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  FISHING — Salmon fishing — Barony Title — Immemorial Possession.

• The Managers Of The Metropolitan Asylum District v Sir R Hill, William Lund, and A D Fripp

  28 May 1880 5 App Cas 582, HL

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  APPEAL — Appeal for costs.
  THE LORD CHANCELLOR (Lord Selborne): — My Lords, the objection to the competency of this appeal has been clearly presented to your Lordships by the learned counsel; but, I believe, you do not think it necessary to call upon the other side for an answer. The rule, subject to certain exceptions, is established, that an appeal is not to be allowed in respect of costs only; which means that when the merits of a question have been determined, and when a Court has thought fit to give or refuse costs, in the exercise of its discretion, and in the absence
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  APPEAL — Appeal for costs.

• Bell v Corpn Of Quebec

  22 Nov 1879 5 App Cas 84, PC

  CANADA — French law in quebec — Riparian Proprietors
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  CANADA — French law in quebec — Riparian Proprietors — Droit d'accès et de sortie — Navigable Rivers — Obstruction to Navigation — Damage.

• The City Bank v Samuel Barrow and Reuben Barrow

  25 Jun 1880 5 App Cas 664, HL

  FACTOR — Factors act — Canada Code
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  FACTOR — Factors act — Canada Code — Agent — Hypothecation of Property of Real Owner.