Results: 164

• Thompson v Hammersmith Corpn

  19 Dec 1905 [1906] 1 Ch 299, Ch D

  LOCAL GOVERNMENT — London — Metropolis Management
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  LOCAL GOVERNMENT — London — Metropolis Management — Streets — Widening — Power to take Part of House — Michael Angelo Taylor's Act, 1817 (57 Geo. 3, c. xxix.), ss. 80, 82.

  1 Statute considered

• Ward, Lock & Co Ltd v Long

  09 Aug 1906 [1906] 2 Ch 550, Ch D

  COPYRIGHT — Equitable Assignment — Author and Publisher
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  COPYRIGHT — Equitable Assignment — Author and Publisher — Story not in Existence — Complete Copyright — Agreement to assign — “Assigns” — “Employment” — “Any Book whatsoever” — Copyright Act, 1842 (5 & 6 Vict. c. 45), ss. 2, 18.

  1 Statute considered

• In Re Cary-Elwes’ Contract

  03 May 1906 [1906] 2 Ch 143, Ch D

  Subsequent citations: 3.
  LAND — Lands clauses acts — Compulsory Powers
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  LAND — Lands clauses acts — Compulsory Powers — Specific Performance — Notice to Treat — Award — Vendor's Action — Purchasers Compelled to take Conveyance — Form of Conveyance — Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 18), ss. 75, 81, 82 — Finance Act, 1895 (58 & 59 Vict. c. 16), s. 12.

  2 Statutes considered

• In Re British Power Traction and Lighting Co Ltd; Halifax Joint Stock Banking Co Ltd v British Power Traction and Lighting Co Ltd

  06 Feb 1906 [1906] 1 Ch 497, Ch D

  COMPANY — Receiver and Manager — Authority to borrow limited Sum for General Purposes of the Business
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  COMPANY — Receiver and Manager — Authority to borrow limited Sum for General Purposes of the Business — Limit exceeded — Indemnity — Priority over Debenture-holders.

• In Re Pardoe; Mclaughlin v Attorney-General

  10 Apr 1906 [1906] 2 Ch 184, Ch D

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  WILL — Charitable Bequest — Bell-ringing in Commemoration of the Restoration of the Monarchy
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  WILL — Charitable Bequest — Bell-ringing in Commemoration of the Restoration of the Monarchy — Tombstones for Pensioners — “Public Charities and Institutions or charitable purposes for the public advantage” to be selected by the Trustees — Uncertainty — Overriding charitable Intent.

• In Re Corsellis; Freeborn v Napper

  03 May 1906 [1906] 2 Ch 316, Ch D

  WILL — Construction — Testator Illegitimate
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  WILL — Construction — Testator Illegitimate — Bequest to “all my Nephews and Nieces” — Some named — Some “Brothers and Sisters” named — Children of unnamed natural Sister.
• Attorney-General v Manchester Corpn

  05 Feb 1906 [1906] 1 Ch 643, Ch D

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive. Subsequent citations: 10.
  LOCAL GOVERNMENT — Municipal corporation — Statutory Powers
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  LOCAL GOVERNMENT — Municipal corporation — Statutory Powers — Corporation by Charter — General Powers — Tramways — Power to use Tramways for the Purpose of conveying and delivering Parcels — Ultra Vires — Ancillary Business — Business of Common Carriers — Manchester Corporation Tramways Act, 1899 (62 & 63 Vict. c. ccliv.) — Municipal Corporations Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 50).

  2 Statutes considered

• Davis v Benjamin

  13 Jul 1906 [1906] 2 Ch 491, Ch D

  COPYRIGHT — Illustrated Catalogue — “Book”
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  COPYRIGHT — Illustrated Catalogue — “Book” — “Sheet of Letterpress” — Copyright Act, 1842 (5 & 6 Vict. c. 45), s. 2.

  1 Statute considered

• In Re R

  05 Mar 1906 [1906] 1 Ch 730, CA

  LUNACY — Vesting Order — Stock
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  LUNACY — Vesting Order — Stock — Trust Fund — Trustee — Criminal Lunatic — Repealing Act — Saving Clause, Effect of — Jurisdiction, Reservation of — Lord Cairns' Act — Trustee Act, 1850 (13 & 14 Vict. c. 60), s. 5 — Lunacy Act, 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 5), ss. 136, 340, 342 — Form of Vesting Order.

  2 Statutes considered

• In Re Friend’s Settlement; Cole v Allcot

  04 Nov 1905 [1906] 1 Ch 47, Ch D

  SETTLEMENT — Settlement by deed — Construction
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  SETTLEMENT — Settlement by deed — Construction — “Survivors” read “Others” — Stirpital Survivorship.