Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During the Time of Lord Chancellor Cottenham, with a Few in the Time of the Lords Commissioners, and of Sir C. C. Pepys, Master of the Rolls, Volume 5Saunders and Benning, 1848 - Equity |
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... balance was due to the Defendant ; and , in that case , it was declared that the Defendant was entitled to set off such sum or balance against the said sum of 2000l . and interest ; and the Master was directed to take an account of all ...
... balance was due to the Defendant ; and , in that case , it was declared that the Defendant was entitled to set off such sum or balance against the said sum of 2000l . and interest ; and the Master was directed to take an account of all ...
Page 8
... unconnected with those matters ; except that the Court has declared the Defendant to be entitled to set off any balance arising • from 1 from such transactions against the first mortgage debt : and 8 CASES IN CHANCERY .
... unconnected with those matters ; except that the Court has declared the Defendant to be entitled to set off any balance arising • from 1 from such transactions against the first mortgage debt : and 8 CASES IN CHANCERY .
Page 66
... balance in hand , on account of the personal estate , of 553l . 11s . , which he claimed a right to apply in satisfaction of certain specialty debts of the testator , for which he was liable as heir at law . He denied that he had ...
... balance in hand , on account of the personal estate , of 553l . 11s . , which he claimed a right to apply in satisfaction of certain specialty debts of the testator , for which he was liable as heir at law . He denied that he had ...
Page 138
... balance be paid to Mr. Lashmar . To this the Defendants ' solicitors answered , on the following day , that they would not consent to the bill being dismissed on any other terms than with costs . On the 20th of November 1839 , the ...
... balance be paid to Mr. Lashmar . To this the Defendants ' solicitors answered , on the following day , that they would not consent to the bill being dismissed on any other terms than with costs . On the 20th of November 1839 , the ...
Page 180
... balance in their hands ; and they not only never invested that cash balance , but they , subsequently , at some time before the 4th of January 1830 , converted into money the note for the 114,800 sicca rupees , and appropriated the ...
... balance in their hands ; and they not only never invested that cash balance , but they , subsequently , at some time before the 4th of January 1830 , converted into money the note for the 114,800 sicca rupees , and appropriated the ...
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Page 89 - ... amongst my nephews and nieces, or their children, either all to one of them or to as many of them as my surviving child shall think proper...
Page 109 - ... the said [trustees] [or the survivors or survivor of them, or the executors or administrators of such survivor...
Page 102 - The court of equity refuses its aid to give to the plaintiff what the law would give him if the courts of common law had jurisdiction to enforce it, without imposing upon him conditions which the court considers he ought to comply with, although the subject of the condition should be one which the court would not otherwise enforce...
Page 177 - Courts of Equity exercise their jurisdiction, in decreeing specific performance of verbal agreements, where there has been part performance, for the purpose of preventing the great injustice which would arise from permitting a party to escape from the engagements he has entered into, upon the ground of the Statute of Frauds...
Page 35 - The second provision, therefore, is presumed to be intended as a substitution for, and not as an addition to, that first given; but, when the gift Is a mere bounty, there is no ground for raising any presumption of intention as to its amount, although such amount be comprised in two or more gifts.
Page 46 - The advancement must naturally be supposed to be of the particular child's portion ; and so the rule assumes, as it precludes the child advanced from claiming the sum given by the will as well as the sum advanced. So far the rule is founded on good sense, and adapted to the ordinary transactions of mankind. The supplying the wants of one child for an advancement is not permitted to lessen or destroy the provisions made for the others, by giving both provisions to the child advanced ; but the supposed...
Page 227 - And for the better taking the said accounts and discovery of the matters aforesaid, the parties are to produce before the said Master, upon oath, all deeds, books, papers, and writings in their custody or power relating thereto, and are to be examined upon interrogatories as the said Master shall direct...
Page 32 - RG, were parties, and by a recovery suffered in pursuance thereof, the estates were limited to the use of the husband for life, remainder to the wife for life, remainder to...
Page 316 - Mote, as far as the rules of law and equity would admit, by the person or persons who, for the time being, should be entitled to the possession of the said mansion-house...
Page 93 - A. shall think most deserving, and that will make the best use of it, or to the children of his nephew C., if any such there are or shall be.