Results: 84

• Vickery, In re

  21 Jan 1931 [1931] 1 Ch 572, Ch D

  Subsequent considerations : 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 6.
  PRINCIPAL AND AGENT — Administration — Agent employed by Executor
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  PRINCIPAL AND AGENT — Administration — Agent employed by Executor — Losses due to Employment of Agent — Liability of Executor — Meaning of “Wilful Default” — Trustee Act, 1925 (15 Geo. 5, c. 19), s. 23, sub-ss. 1, 3; s. 30, sub-s. 1.

  1 Statute considered

• Parker v Judkin

  13 Feb 1931 [1931] 1 Ch 475, CA

  VENDOR AND PURCHASER — Will — Construction
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  VENDOR AND PURCHASER — Will — Construction — Devise and Bequest of Freeholds and Business by Testator to his Sons beneficially subject to Payment of Annuity to Widow — Sons appointed Executors — Sale of Freeholds and Business to Company by Sons “as beneficial owners” — No Mention of Annuity in Conveyance — Undertaking by Company by separate Deed to satisfy Annuity — Sale by Company of Part of Freeholds — Purchaser, whether put upon Inquiry as to Charge of Annuity by Terms of Conveyance — Notice to Purchaser of Facts in Memorandum and Articles and Execution of Conveyance by Company — Debentures issued by Company — Company unable to pay Annuity — Liability of Company and Debenture Holders.

• Delavenne v Broadhurst

  31 Oct 1930 [1931] 1 Ch 234, Ch D

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  COMPANY — Private company — Transfer of Shares
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  COMPANY — Private company — Transfer of Shares — Power to transfer from one Member to another.

• Granger v South Wales Electrical Power Distribution Co

  11 Nov 1930 [1931] 1 Ch 551, Ch D

  ELECTRICITY — Supply of electricity — Account
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  ELECTRICITY — Supply of electricity — Account — Arrears — Receiver — Liability — South Wales Electrical Power Distribution Company Act, 1900 (63 & 64 Vict. c. cclxxxii.), s. 40.

  1 Statute considered
• Chatsworth Estates Co v Fewell

  19 Nov 1930 [1931] 1 Ch 224, Ch D

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive. Subsequent citations: 3.
  COVENANT — Restrictive covenant — Houses to be used as private Dwelling-houses
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  COVENANT — Restrictive covenant — Houses to be used as private Dwelling-houses — Purchaser with Notice — Change in Character of Neighbourhood — Plaintiffs' Acts and Omissions — Estoppel.
• Frankenburg v Famous Lasky Film Service Ltd

  15 Dec 1930 [1931] 1 Ch 428, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive. Subsequent citations: 11.
  COSTS — Taxation — Compromise of Action before Trial
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  COSTS — Taxation — Compromise of Action before Trial — Defendants to pay Plaintiff's Costs as between Solicitor and Client — Costs incurred before Issue of Writ — Costs of third Expert — Discretion of Taxing Master — Rules of Supreme Court, Order LXV., r. 27, sub-r. 29.

  1 Statutory Instrument considered

• In Re Taylor; Taylor v Taylor

  15 May 1931 [1931] 2 Ch 237, Ch D

  WILL — Construction — Gift of Residue to named Persons in equal Shares
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  WILL — Construction — Gift of Residue to named Persons in equal Shares — Settlement of single Share — Lapse — “Share to which A. T. shall become entitled” — Intestacy as to Share.
• Watson v Davies

  11 Dec 1930 [1931] 1 Ch 455, Ch D

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral.
  VENDOR AND PURCHASER — Letter from Vendor to Secretary to Charity stating Price of Property — Interview between Deputation from Board of Management and Vendor
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  VENDOR AND PURCHASER — Letter from Vendor to Secretary to Charity stating Price of Property — Interview between Deputation from Board of Management and Vendor — Acceptance at Interview of Vendor's Offer subject to Ratification — Negotiations broken off by Vendor before Ratification — Acceptance by Agent subject to Ratification by Principal.

• In Re Cole, A v and M E M; Trustee In Bankruptcy v Public Trustee

  31 Mar 1931 [1931] 2 Ch 174, Ch D

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  BANKRUPTCY — Post-nuptial Settlement — Purchaser for valuable Consideration
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  BANKRUPTCY — Post-nuptial Settlement — Purchaser for valuable Consideration — Bona fide Compromise of bona fide Action — Bankruptcy Act, 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 59), s. 42.

  1 Statute considered

• Hammond v London County Council

  03 Feb 1931 [1931] 1 Ch 540, Ch D

  POOR — Poor law — Officer or Servant
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  POOR — Poor law — Officer or Servant — Superannuation — Officer or Servant away on War Service — Employment of Deputy — “Regular” Employment — Poor Law Officers' Superannuation Act, 1896 (59 & 60 Vict. c. 50), ss. 2, 3, 4, 10, 19.

  1 Statute considered