Results: 119

• Ex Parte Manchester Bank, In Re Mellor

  16 Jun 1879 12 ChD 917, Ch D

  BANKRUPTCY — Partnership — Joint and Separate Estate.
  BACON, C.J.: — This is a case in which I do not think I ought to call for a reply. The question is purely one of administration in bankruptcy. Mr. Mellor and his son carried on business together Mr. Mellor being the capitalist, and the owner, if not of all, certainly of the larger part of the joint property. Mr. Mellor died. What was the state of things then? Mr. Mellor could not by his will, nor by any act that he had done in his lifetime, withdraw from the partnership any part of that joint estate until the joint
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  BANKRUPTCY — Partnership — Joint and Separate Estate.
• Johnson v Crook

  30 Jun 1879 12 ChD 639, Ch D

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 1.
  WILL — Words — Actually Received
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  WILL — Words — Actually Received — Gift over on Death of Legatee “before he shall have actually received his Share whether the same shall have become payable or not.” — Gift not Void for Uncertainty.

• In Re General South American Co

  22 Mar 1876 12 ChD 337, CA

  COMPANY — Debentures — Shareholders' Priority
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  COMPANY — Debentures — Shareholders' Priority — Imperfect Register — Companies Act, 1862 (25 & 26 Vict. c. 89), s. 43.

  1 Statute considered

• Massey v Allen (No 2)

  03 Jul 1879 12 ChD 807, Ch D

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  PRACTICE — Plaintiff going out of Jurisdiction — Security for Past Costs
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  PRACTICE — Plaintiff going out of Jurisdiction — Security for Past Costs — Amount of Security.

• Ex Parte Griffin, In Re Adams

  17 Jul 1879 12 ChD 480, CA

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  BANKRUPTCY — Bankruptcy petition — Improper Motive
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  BANKRUPTCY — Bankruptcy petition — Improper Motive — Collateral Object — Abuse of Process of Court — Bankruptcy Act, 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 71), ss. 6, 8.

  1 Statute considered

• Tapley v Eagleton

  02 Aug 1879 12 ChD 683, Ch D

  WILL — Specific Bequest — Gift of “Two Houses in King Street” by Owner of Three Houses
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  WILL — Specific Bequest — Gift of “Two Houses in King Street” by Owner of Three Houses — Election.

• Newington Local Board v Eldridge

  25 Jul 1879 12 ChD 349, CA

  SOLICITOR — Solicitor's lien — Clerk to Local Board
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  SOLICITOR — Solicitor's lien — Clerk to Local Board — Production of Documents — Order on Interlocutory Application.
• Henty v Schröder

  25 Jul 1879 12 ChD 666, Ch D

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 6.
  VENDOR AND PURCHASER — Specific performance — Decree against Purchaser in Default
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  VENDOR AND PURCHASER — Specific performance — Decree against Purchaser in Default — Order to rescind Agreement — Claim for Damages — Form of Order.

  3 Case(s) considered

• In Re Walker’s Estate; Church v Tyacke

  29 May 1879 12 ChD 205, Ch D

  WILL — Gifts to Son and Daughters for Life and to their Children — “Die without leaving issue”
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  WILL — Gifts to Son and Daughters for Life and to their Children — “Die without leaving issue” — “Their surviving child or children” — Children of Deceased Children entitled.

• Bluck v Capstick

  29 Jul 1879 12 ChD 863, Ch D

  PARTNERSHIP — Dissolution — Return of Premium
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  PARTNERSHIP — Dissolution — Return of Premium — Misconduct of Partner paying Premium.