Results: 105

• In Re Boddington; Boddington v Clairat

  21 Jan 1884 25 ChD 685, CA

  WILL — Construction — Annuity to Wife “so long as she shall continue my widow and unmarried”
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  WILL — Construction — Annuity to Wife “so long as she shall continue my widow and unmarried” — Voidable Marriage — Substitutionary Gift.

• In Re Judkin’s Trusts

  01 Feb 1884 25 ChD 743, Ch D

  WILL — Contingent deferred Legacy payable out of Residue — Rest of Residue payable first
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  WILL — Contingent deferred Legacy payable out of Residue — Rest of Residue payable first — Gift of “rest” of Residuary Estate — Severance for Convenience of Estate — Interim Income — Conveyancing and Law of Property Act, 1881 (44 & 45 Vict. c. 41), s. 43.

  1 Statute considered

• Tillett v Nixon

  07 Dec 1883 25 ChD 238, Ch D

  FORECLOSURE — Foreclosure action — Appointment of Receiver
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  FORECLOSURE — Foreclosure action — Appointment of Receiver — Judicature Act, 1873 (36 & 37 Vict. c. 66), s. 25, sub-s. 8 — Conveyancing Act, 1881 (44 & 45 Vict. c. 41), s. 19, sub-s. 3.

  2 Statutes considered

• In Re Moir; Warner v Moir

  14 Jan 1884 25 ChD 605, Ch D

  WILL — Devise of House and Grounds — Forfeiture in case of non-Residence
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  WILL — Devise of House and Grounds — Forfeiture in case of non-Residence — What will amount to Residence.

• Armour v Walker

  12 Dec 1883 25 ChD 673, CA

  PRACTICE — Commission to examine Witnesses abroad — Rules of Supreme Court, 1883, Order XXXVII. r. 5.
  COTTON, L.J.:— In my opinion an order for a commission to examine witnesses abroad ought not to be made unless some reason is shewn why they cannot be examined here, nor unless the Court is also satisfied that there are material witnesses abroad whom the party wishes to examine. It should not be a mere roving commission to give the party a chance of finding evidence abroad. I think that in the present case it is shewn that there are material witnesses, who cannot reasonably be expected to come here unless there is some special reason why their examination should
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  PRACTICE — Commission to examine Witnesses abroad — Rules of Supreme Court, 1883, Order XXXVII. r. 5.

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• Great Eastern Railway v Goldsmid

  18 Dec 1883 25 ChD 511, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 6.
  MARKET — Disturbance — Injunction
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  MARKET — Disturbance — Injunction — Alleged Failure on part of Owners to provide Adequate Accommodation — Waiver of Statutory Rights — Illegality.

• Carter v White

  11 Dec 1883 25 ChD 666, CA

  Subsequent citations: 5.
  BILL OF EXCHANGE — Acceptance in Blank — Right to fill up Drawer's Name after Death of Acceptor
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  BILL OF EXCHANGE — Acceptance in Blank — Right to fill up Drawer's Name after Death of Acceptor — Principal and Surety — Discharge of Surety — Laches of Creditor.

• Mcewan v Crombie

  08 Nov 1883 25 ChD 175, Ch D

  ADMINISTRATION — Administration of estate — Trustees, Debtors to Estate
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  ADMINISTRATION — Administration of estate — Trustees, Debtors to Estate — Bankruptcy of Trustee — Costs — Set-off — Bankruptcy Act, 1869.

  1 Statute considered

• In Re Sherry; London and County Banking Co v Terry

  24 Jan 1884 25 ChD 692, CA

  DEBT — Debtor and creditor — Principal and Surety
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  DEBT — Debtor and creditor — Principal and Surety — Guarantee of Current Account at a Bank — Death of Surety — Appropriation of Payments.
• Johnson, Ex parte

  21 Nov 1883 25 ChD 112, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive. Subsequent citations: 1.
  DEBT — Debtor's summons — Service
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  DEBT — Debtor's summons — Service — Inaccurate Copy of Summons — Service by Clerk of Creditor — “Formal defect or irregularity” — Bankruptcy Act, 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 71), s. 82 — Bankruptcy Rules, 1870, rr. 59, 61.

  1 Statute considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered