Results: 167

• Baxter v Middleton

  08 Feb 1898 [1898] 1 Ch 313, Ch D

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  PRACTICE — Lis Pendens — Registration, Order Vacating
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  PRACTICE — Lis Pendens — Registration, Order Vacating — Vendor and Purchaser — Specific Performance — Incorporating Order in Judgment — Lis Pendens Act, 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 47), s. 2.

  1 Statute considered

• In Re Rowe; Pike v Hamlyn

  02 Dec 1897 [1898] 1 Ch 153, CA

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  WILL — Construction — Debt
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  WILL — Construction — Debt — Legacy — Erroneous Statement of Indebtedness — Intention to confer Bounty — Falsa Demonstratio.

• In Re Ratcliff

  06 Jul 1898 [1898] 2 Ch 352, Ch D

  Subsequent citations: 6.
  TRUSTS — Judicial trustee — Application by Beneficiary
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  TRUSTS — Judicial trustee — Application by Beneficiary — Sole Executor — “Trustee” — Administration — “Trust” — Reversioner — Remuneration of Trustee — Discretion of Court — Judicial Trustees Act, 1896 (59 & 60 Vict. c. 35), s. 1, sub-ss. 1, 2, 4.

  1 Statute considered

• Muddock v Blackwood

  15 Nov 1897 [1898] 1 Ch 58, Ch D

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  COPYRIGHT — Book — Piracy
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  COPYRIGHT — Book — Piracy — Infringement — Action on the Case — Detinue — Trover — Combining Causes of Action — Limitation of Actions — Damages — Proceeds of Conversion — Profits — Copyright Act, 1842 (5 & 6 Vict. c. 45), ss. 15, 23, 26 — Public Authorities Protection Act, 1893 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 61), s. 2.

  2 Statutes considered
• Kaye v Croydon Tramways Co

  23 Feb 1898 [1898] 1 Ch 358, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 7.
  COMPANY — Ultra vires — Sale of Undertaking
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  COMPANY — Ultra vires — Sale of Undertaking — Compensation to Directors — Notice of Extraordinary Meeting — Sufficiency of Notice — Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 16), ss. 71, 85, 86, 99.

  1 Statute considered

• Hunt v Fripp

  12 Nov 1897 [1898] 1 Ch 675, Ch D

  BANKRUPTCY — Undischarged Bankrupt — After-acquired Property
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  BANKRUPTCY — Undischarged Bankrupt — After-acquired Property — Assignment of Interest under Will — Bona fides — Colonial Law — Bankruptcy Act, 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 52), ss. 44, 54.

  1 Statute considered

• In Re Smyth; Leach v Leach

  27 Nov 1897 [1898] 1 Ch 89, Ch D

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  REVENUE — Probate Duty — Property in Jamaica
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  REVENUE — Probate Duty — Property in Jamaica — English Will — Trust for Sale — Local Situation of Asset.
• South Hetton Coal Co v Haswell, Shotton and Easington Coal and Coke Co

  09 Mar 1898 [1898] 1 Ch 465, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 3.
  CONTRACT — Contract for sale — Tender
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  CONTRACT — Contract for sale — Tender — “Highest net Money Tender” — Practice — Striking out Statement of Claim — Order XXV., r. 4.

• South African Republic v La Compagnie Franco-Belge Du Chemin De Fer Du Nord (No 2)

  24 Nov 1897 [1898] 1 Ch 190, Ch D

  INTERNATIONAL LAW — Action by Foreign Sovereign — Cross Proceedings.
  NORTH J. I will not trouble you, Mr. Swinfen Eady. I think that the application to strike out the whole counter-claim is well founded. The second paragraph in the prayer of that counter-claim has been already dealt with by me in chambers and in the Court of Appeal. It remains to consider the subject-matter of the first and third paragraphs. Now, the history of the case is very shortly this. The plaintiffs are the South African Republic, a foreign Sovereign State suing in the courts of this country. They entered into an agreement with the defendants by virtue of which
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  INTERNATIONAL LAW — Action by Foreign Sovereign — Cross Proceedings.

• In Re Chicago and North West Granaries Co Ltd

  14 Dec 1897 [1898] 1 Ch 263, Ch D

  COMPANY — Debenture — Redemption
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  COMPANY — Debenture — Redemption — “Redeemable” — Sinking Fund — Prospectus.