Results: 153

• Castle v Wilkinson

  23 Mar 1870 LR 5 Ch App 534, CA

  VENDOR AND PURCHASER — Husband and Wife — Abatement in Price.
  LORD HATHERLEY, L.C., after stating the facts of the case, continued:— The only question however is, whether this bill for specific performance can be maintained to the extent of holding that Richardson shall part with all the interest he can part with, namely, his estate for the joint lives of himself and his wife, and his estate by curtesy, with an abatement of the purchase-money. Now, I apprehend that the law is settled as to this upon the authorities referred to by Lord St. Leonards, that if a man professes to be owner of the fee simple, and undertakes to
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  VENDOR AND PURCHASER — Husband and Wife — Abatement in Price.
• Land Credit Co Of Ireland v Lord Fermoy

  24 Mar 1869 LR 8 Eq 7, Equity

  21 Jul 1870 LR 5 Ch App 763, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 negative.
  COMPANY — Directors — Fraud
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  COMPANY — Directors — Fraud — Meeting — Knowledge — Liability — Bill of Review.

• In re Contract Corpn (No 2) (Ebbw Vale Company's case)

  18 Dec 1869 LR 5 Ch App 112, CA

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  BANKRUPTCY — Proof in winding-up — Debts carrying Interest
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  BANKRUPTCY — Proof in winding-up — Debts carrying Interest — Leave to appeal — Retrospective effect of Decision of the Court.

• In re Bank Of Hindustan, China, and Japan (No 2) (Mitchell's case)

  18 Feb 1870 LR 5 Ch App 400, CA

  COMPANY — Inspectorship deed — Winding-up
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  COMPANY — Inspectorship deed — Winding-up — Calls — Proof under Deed — Order on Debtors.

• In re International Contract Co (G H Levita’s case)

  04 Mar 1870 LR 5 Ch App 489, CA

  COMPANY — Acceptance of Shares — Notice of Allotment not sent
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  COMPANY — Acceptance of Shares — Notice of Allotment not sent — Application through Agent.

• Chichester v Marquis Of Donegall

  18 Mar 1870 LR 5 Ch App 497, CA

  DISCOVERY — Production of deed by mortgagee — Inspection of Part of a Deed
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  DISCOVERY — Production of deed by mortgagee — Inspection of Part of a Deed — Exceptions.

• Allen v Bonnett

  08 Jun 1870 LR 5 Ch App 577, CA

  BANKRUPTCY — Act of bankruptcy — Assignment
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  BANKRUPTCY — Act of bankruptcy — Assignment — Fraudulent Preference — Lapse of Twelve Months.

• Ex parte Greaves, In re Greaves

  22 Jan 1870 LR 5 Ch App 326, CA

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  CREDITOR — Creditors' deed — Cancelling Registration
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  CREDITOR — Creditors' deed — Cancelling Registration — Bankruptcy Act, 1861, s. 192.

  1 Statute considered

• In re Family Endowment Society

  12 Jan 1870 LR 5 Ch App 118, CA

  CONTRACT — Novation of debt — Annuity granted by Life Assurance Society
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  CONTRACT — Novation of debt — Annuity granted by Life Assurance Society — Amalgamation of Companies — Companies Act, 1862, s. 199 — Unregistered Company dissolved before passing of the Act — Jurisdiction — Place of Business of Dissolved Company.

  1 Statute considered

• Gibbs v Harding

  27 Jul 1869 LR 8 Eq 490, Equity

  25 Jan 1870 LR 5 Ch App 336, CA

  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Agreement for Separation — Specific Performance.
  LORD HATHERLEY, L.C.:— We are not called upon in this case to decide whether there could be an injunction on such an agreement, but only to decree specific performance of an agreement. The Court would not execute an agreement without consideration, or an agreement between husband and wife without the intervention of a trustee, unless the husband and wife were at arm's length, as in the case of Bateman v. Countess of Ross. In Wilson v. Wilson, the agreement was with trustees and the question did not arise. The wife in this case was not a party, though she signed
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  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Agreement for Separation — Specific Performance.