Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Common Pleas, and Other Courts: From Easter Term, 36 Geo. III. 1796, to [Hilary Term 44 Geo. III. 1804] ... Both Inclusive: with Tables of the Cases and Principal Matters, Volume 3Oliver D. Cooke, 1826 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 69
... wages . repair and go on board such ship or vessel as the Defendant The Plaintiff should appoint , to parts beyond the seas , and continue on board was according ly manumitted such ship or vessel at such place or places as the Defendant ...
... wages . repair and go on board such ship or vessel as the Defendant The Plaintiff should appoint , to parts beyond the seas , and continue on board was according ly manumitted such ship or vessel at such place or places as the Defendant ...
Page 70
... wages in that voyage the present action was commenced , the wages for the outward bound voyage having been paid , as well as the money stipulated for by the inden- ture . A rule nisi for entering a nonsuit having been obtained on a ...
... wages in that voyage the present action was commenced , the wages for the outward bound voyage having been paid , as well as the money stipulated for by the inden- ture . A rule nisi for entering a nonsuit having been obtained on a ...
Page 71
... wages due to the Plaintiff upon the old contract just so much as he has been obliged to pay to enable the Plaintiff to fulfil that contract . HEATH J. I confess that this matter strikes me in a very dif- ferent point of view . When this ...
... wages due to the Plaintiff upon the old contract just so much as he has been obliged to pay to enable the Plaintiff to fulfil that contract . HEATH J. I confess that this matter strikes me in a very dif- ferent point of view . When this ...
Page 72
... wages from the Defendant . This was an agreement for the advantage of the Plaintiff : he was to be relieved from punishment ; he was to become a freeman ; and he was to receive a compensation for his service . This agreement he ...
... wages from the Defendant . This was an agreement for the advantage of the Plaintiff : he was to be relieved from punishment ; he was to become a freeman ; and he was to receive a compensation for his service . This agreement he ...
Page 73
... wages for the outward bound voyage , and on the other hand he engages to serve the Defendant for three years at certain wages on board such ship , and at such places as the Defendant shall have occasion for his services . Would any jury ...
... wages for the outward bound voyage , and on the other hand he engages to serve the Defendant for three years at certain wages on board such ship , and at such places as the Defendant shall have occasion for his services . Would any jury ...
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Page 334 - But when the party by his own contract creates a duty or charge upon himself, he is bound to make it good, if he may, notwithstanding any accident by inevitable necessity, because he might have provided against it by his contract.
Page 246 - P. 249), and the conclusion there arrived at seems to be correct in general, "that an express promise can only revive a precedent good consideration, which might have been enforced at law through the medium of an implied promise, had it not been suspended by some positive rule of law ; but can give no original right of action, if the obligation on which it is founded never could have been enforced at law, though not barred by any legal maxim or statute provision.
Page 217 - ... and before the said time when, &c. to wit, on the day and year last aforesaid...
Page 434 - This case has been argued before us, and we are of opinion that the...
Page 27 - WILLIAM, by Divine Providence Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England and Metropolitan, most earnestly commend to your brotherly love the Right Rev.
Page 308 - ... shall be pleaded or given in evidence in any Court, or admitted in any Court to be good, useful or available in law or equity...
Page 186 - Defendant was to make such application ; but if the Court should be of opinion that the Plaintiff was not entitled to recover, and...
Page 16 - their heirs and assigns upon trust, that they or the survivor of them, or the heirs or assigns of such survivor...
Page 105 - ... such offender shall be deemed to have feloniously stolen the same from his master, although such chattel, money, or security was not received into the possession of such master otherwise than by the actual possession of his clerk, servant, or other person so employed...
Page 186 - The question for the opinion of the Court was, Whether the plaintiff was entitled to recover in this action?