Reports of Cases Decided in the Court of Chancery of the State of New Jersey, Volume 30Soney & Sage, 1879 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... further description , is insufficient . He should describe them . Bill for relief . On exceptions to master's report . Mr. S. D. Dillaye , for complainants . Mr. J. S. Aitkin , for defendant , J. L. Taylor . THE CHANCEllor . Exceptions ...
... further description , is insufficient . He should describe them . Bill for relief . On exceptions to master's report . Mr. S. D. Dillaye , for complainants . Mr. J. S. Aitkin , for defendant , J. L. Taylor . THE CHANCEllor . Exceptions ...
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... further under the contract . 2. The court refused to consider the constitutionality of such sup- plement , so far as the defendants were concerned , and also refused to direct them to make estimates for the work already done under the ...
... further under the contract . 2. The court refused to consider the constitutionality of such sup- plement , so far as the defendants were concerned , and also refused to direct them to make estimates for the work already done under the ...
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... further , that the defendants cannot respond in dam- ages for their refusal to carry out the agreement ; and that the complainants could profitably dispose of the bonds and stock stipulated for as payment . The bill prays that the ...
... further , that the defendants cannot respond in dam- ages for their refusal to carry out the agreement ; and that the complainants could profitably dispose of the bonds and stock stipulated for as payment . The bill prays that the ...
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... further premium . The complainant , on the other hand , denies that Chaplain sold the mortgage to him , but alleges that he bought it of Walker , with the understanding that it secured an actual indebtedness of $ 8,000 from Chaplain to ...
... further premium . The complainant , on the other hand , denies that Chaplain sold the mortgage to him , but alleges that he bought it of Walker , with the understanding that it secured an actual indebtedness of $ 8,000 from Chaplain to ...
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... further premium for the same loan . By the operation of the terms imposed upon Chap- lain , on letting him in to answer , the complainant is saved from the consequences of the usury ; but he will be permitted to recover only what is ...
... further premium for the same loan . By the operation of the terms imposed upon Chap- lain , on letting him in to answer , the complainant is saved from the consequences of the usury ; but he will be permitted to recover only what is ...
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Page 332 - Whenever any person indebted to the United States is insolvent, or whenever the estate of any deceased debtor, in the hands of the executors or administrators, is insufficient to pay all the debts due from the deceased, the debts due to the United States shall be first satisfied...
Page 161 - It is a familiar canon of construction that a thing which is within the intention of the makers of a statute is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter; and a thing which is within the letter of the statute is not within the statute unless it be within the intention of the makers.
Page 634 - ... except where such trust has been created by, or the fund so held in trust has proceeded from, some person other than the defendant...
Page 637 - Where a trust is created to receive the rents and profits of lands, and no valid direction for accumulation is given, the surplus of such rents and profits, beyond the sum that may be necessary for the education, and support of the person for whose benefit the trust is created...
Page 549 - Perhaps the cases may all be reconciled on the general principle, that the exercise of this power is to be regulated by sound discretion, as the circumstances of the individual case may dictate ; and that the resort to equity, to be sustained, must be expedient, either because the instrument is liable to abuse from its negotiable nature, or because the defense not...
Page 315 - That the common law of England, as well as so much of the statute law, as have been heretofore practised in this Colony, shall still remain in force, until they shall be altered by a future law of the Legislature; such parts only excepted, as are repugnant to the rights and privileges contained in this Charter...
Page 636 - That the Commissioners shall assign to the Assignees, for the Benefit of the Creditors of the Bankrupt, all the present and future Personal Estate of such Bankrupt wheresoever the same may be found or known...
Page 537 - This suit is brought under the act "to compel the determination of claims to real estate in certain cases, and to quiet the title to the same.
Page 477 - ... of the capital stock so fixed and limited by the company, shall make a certificate, stating the amount of the capital so fixed and paid in in cash ; which...
Page 581 - And Sir Thomas Plumer, MR, in SkrymsJier v. Northcote, 1 Swans. 566, 570, said : " It seems clear, on the authorities, that a part of the residue, of which the disposition fails, will not accrue in augmentation of the remaining parts as a residue of residue ; but, instead of resuming the nature of residue, devolves as indisposed of.