Results: 91

• In Re A Debtor[No 1035 of 1938]

  27 Feb 1939 [1939] Ch 594, Ch D

  BANKRUPTCY — Deceased insolvent's estate — No personal representative
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  BANKRUPTCY — Deceased insolvent's estate — No personal representative — Creditors' petition for administration in bankruptcy — Jurisdiction of Court — Bankruptcy Act, 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 59), s. 130. sub-s. 2 — Bankruptcy Rules, 1915, r. 303.

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• Regier v Campbell-Stuart

  18 May 1939 [1939] Ch 766, Ch D

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  PRINCIPAL AND AGENT — Agent required to find house — Purchase by agent of suitable house in name of his own nominee
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  PRINCIPAL AND AGENT — Agent required to find house — Purchase by agent of suitable house in name of his own nominee — Purported resale to himself at higher price — Principal told that agent had bought house for himself at that price — Resale to principal at yet higher price — Whether agency terminated.

• In Re Smithers; Watts v Smithers

  20 Jul 1939 [1939] Ch 1015, Ch D

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  WILL — Construction — “Securities”
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  WILL — Construction — “Securities” — Whether stock and shares in companies and Government stocks included — “Money.”

• Armour v Liverpool Corpn

  01 Feb 1939 [1939] Ch 422, Ch D

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  CORPORATION — Municipal corporation — Tramway undertaking
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  CORPORATION — Municipal corporation — Tramway undertaking — Employees' superannuation fund — Voluntary unregistered association — Weekly subscriptions by deduction from wages — Contributions by corporation — Actuarial deficiency in funds — Scheme incidental to statutory powers and intra vires — Fund not for “acquisition of gain” — No contract between members of fund and corporation — Companies Act, 1929 (19 & 20 Geo. 5, c. 23), s. 357.

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• Coller’s Deed Trusts, In re

  14 Jun 1937 [1939] Ch 277, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 2 neutral; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 1.
  ANNUITY — Annuities — Weekly sums
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  ANNUITY — Annuities — Weekly sums — Deed of family arrangement — Construction — Trust of balance of income during continuance of one annuity — Annuities not a continuing charge on income — Principles of construction applicable — Whether trustees should distribute surplus income without regard to possible deficiency in a future year.

• In Re T R M (A Person Of Unsound Mind) (53 Vict C 5, and Amending Acts)

  01 Nov 1938 [1939] Ch 260, Lunacy

  MENTAL CAPACITY — Person of unsound mind — Old aged pensioner
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  MENTAL CAPACITY — Person of unsound mind — Old aged pensioner — Maintained in a rate-aided institution — Order in Lunacy — Public Assistance Officer of County Council appointed receiver of moneys derived from old age pension — Charge on patient's pension — Maint

  1 Statute considered

• In Re Brooks’ Settlement Trusts; Lloyds Bank Ltd v Tillard

  27 Jun 1939 [1939] Ch 993, Ch D

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  POWER — Powers — Marriage settlement
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  POWER — Powers — Marriage settlement — Wife's power of appointment to children — Trust in default of appointment — Voluntary settlement by son of his interest — Power subsequently exercised in his favour — Sum appointed payable to him.

• Noble Lowndes and Partners (A Firm) v Hadfields Ltd

  15 Nov 1938 [1939] Ch 569, Ch D

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  PRACTICE — Parties — Adding or substituting Plaintiff
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  PRACTICE — Parties — Adding or substituting Plaintiff — Action commenced in firm name — Bona fide mistake — R. S. C., Order XVI., r. 2; Order XLVIIIA., r. 1.

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• Westminster Bank Ltd v Attorney-General

  06 Mar 1939 [1939] Ch 610, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 2 neutral. Subsequent citations: 1.
  REVENUE — Estate duty — Settled property
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  REVENUE — Estate duty — Settled property — Accumulations fund — Policies — Annuities — Life interests — Aggregation — Finance Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 30), s. 1; s. 2, sub-s. 1 (d).

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• Maville Hose Ltd, In re

  13 Jul 1938 [1939] Ch 32, Ch D

  Subsequent considerations : 2 neutral. Subsequent citations: 5.
  COMPANY — Winding-up — Discovery and examination of witness
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  COMPANY — Winding-up — Discovery and examination of witness — Order on director of another company to attend for examination and produce debentures and other documents — Whether company's documents are in possession of one director — Motion to discharge order as premature and oppressive — Discretion of Court — Companies Act, 1929 (19 & 20 Geo. 5, c. 23), s. 214.

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