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• Lords Bailiff-Jurats Of Romney Marsh v Corpn Of The Trinity House

  11 May 1870 LR 5 Exch 204, Ex Ct

  11 May 1872 LR 7 Exch 247, Ex Ct

  NEGLIGENCE — Proximate Cause — Natural Forces.
  BLACKBURN, J. We are all of opinion that the judgment of the Court of Exchequer should be affirmed. The damage caused is stated to have been the inevitable consequence of the ship striking the bank through the defendants' negligence. That being so, they are clearly liable. KEATING, MELLOR, LUSH, BRETT, and GROVE, JJ., concurred.
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  NEGLIGENCE — Proximate Cause — Natural Forces.

• McManus v Bark

  18 Jan 1870 LR 5 Exch 65, Ex Ct

  PROMISSORY NOTE — Subsequent Agreement — Variation in Mode of Payment
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  PROMISSORY NOTE — Subsequent Agreement — Variation in Mode of Payment — Consideration — Waiver.

• Wright v Hitchcock

  11 Jan 1870 LR 5 Exch 37, Ex Ct

  PATENT — Infringement by Buying and Selling — Construction of Patent
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  PATENT — Infringement by Buying and Selling — Construction of Patent — Combination of New with Old Process.

• Duke Of Northumberland v Houghton

  26 Jan 1870 LR 5 Exch 127, Ex Ct

  FISHERY — Royal Franchise — Prerogative
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  FISHERY — Royal Franchise — Prerogative — Merger — Warren — Wreck.

• Cranwell v Mayor, Commonality and Citizens of London

  24 Jun 1870 LR 5 Exch 284, Ex Ct

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  COMPENSATION — Compensation for lands compulsorily taken — Notice requiring Possession
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  COMPENSATION — Compensation for lands compulsorily taken — Notice requiring Possession — Tenant from Year to Year — City Improvement Act, 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. cclxxx.), s. 34 — Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 (8 Vict. c. 18), s. 121.

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• Kreuger v Blanck

  10 May 1870 LR 5 Exch 179, Ex Ct

  CONTRACT — Contract of sale — Construction
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  CONTRACT — Contract of sale — Construction — “Cargo.”

• Peirce v Jersey Waterworks Co Ltd

  10 May 1870 LR 5 Exch 209, Ex Ct

  COMPANY — Power to commence business — Whole Capital to be subscribed for.
  MARTIN, B. In my judgment this rule should be discharged, on the ground that, looking at the terms of the articles of association, until 3000 shares were subscribed for there existed no such incorporated company as the plaintiff could contract with. That is, I think, the true construction of the second clause; until the happening of that event, although the directors might contract in their own names, they could not contract as directors of the company, and so as to bind them. If there be anything in the Act of 25 & 26 Vict. c. 89, contrary to such a
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  COMPANY — Power to commence business — Whole Capital to be subscribed for.

• Castle v Playford

  04 May 1870 LR 5 Exch 165, Ex Ct

  VENDOR AND PURCHASER — Condition Precedent — Receipt of Bills of Lading
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  VENDOR AND PURCHASER — Condition Precedent — Receipt of Bills of Lading — Delivery of Cargo — Agreement that Purchaser shall bear Risks and Dangers of the Sea.

• The Queen v Eaves

  21 Jan 1870 LR 5 Exch 75, Ex Ct

  PRACTICE — Excise prosecution — Notice of Appeal
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  PRACTICE — Excise prosecution — Notice of Appeal — Notice of Hearing — Service on Convicting Magistrates — 7 & 8 Geo. 4, c. 53, s. 83 — 4 Vict. c. 20, s. 30.

• Prehn v Royal Bank Of Liverpool

  31 Jan 1870 LR 5 Exch 92, Ex Ct

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  BANKING — Letter of credit — Bill of Exchange
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  BANKING — Letter of credit — Bill of Exchange — Action by Drawer against Acceptor — Damages.