 | Francis Buller - Actions and defenses - 1817 - 684 pages
...dependent on lives, and also according to tlie statute of Bigamy (1 Jac. I. c. II.) the pre»umption of the duration of life with respect to persons of...ends at the expiration of seven years from the time they were last known to be living. Doe v. Jesson, 6 East, 85. Strict proof is required of the diligent... | |
 | Richard Burn - Justices of the peace - 1820 - 894 pages
...sufficient ? AW*»» v. Whittal, 1 B. & A. 19. According to the stat. of bigamy, (1 Jac. 1. c. II.) the presumption of the duration of life, with respect to persons of whom no account can be given, seems to end at the expiration of seven years, from the time when they were last known to be living.... | |
 | Michael Nolan - Great Britain - 1825 - 776 pages
...according to 1 9 Car. II. which respects leases on lives, and also 1 Jac. I. c. 11. respecting bigamy, the presumption of the duration of life with respect...from the time when they were last known to be living; and there is fair ground to presume their death at the expiration of that period, whenever the precise... | |
 | Henry Roscoe - Actions and defenses - 1825 - 838 pages
...3 Roll. Rrp. 461 ; but in analogy to the statute 19 Car. 2, and the tlatate of bigamy, ( I Jac. 1, c. 11,) the presumption of the duration of life, with...no account can be given, ends at the expiration of stven years, from the time when they were last known to be living. Per 1..I. EUeoborou<;li, Doe v.... | |
 | Sir William Blackstone - Law reports, digests, etc - 1828 - 604 pages
...c. 6, with respect to leases dependent on lives, and also according to the statute of bigamy, 1 II, c. 11, the presumption of the duration of life, with...the time when they were last known to be living;" per Lord Elleiibnrough in Doe v. Jessmi, 6 East, 85; which principle is recognized in Doe dem. Lloyd... | |
 | Henry Roscoe - Evidence (Law) - 1831 - 788 pages
...duration oflife.~\ As to persons of whom no account can be given, the presumption of the duration of life ends at the expiration of seven years from the time when they were last known to be living. Per Lord Ellenboroiigh , Doe v. Jesson, 6 East, 84 ; see also Doe v. Deakin, 4 B. and A. 433. Proof... | |
 | Law - 1833 - 560 pages
...Doe v. Jetton, 6 East, H5. The rule of law vas stated bv Lord Ellrntmrouffh to be, that ;hc presumed duration of life, with respect to persons of whom no account can be given, :nds at the expiration of seven years from the time when they were last known to be living, [n Norris... | |
 | George Barclay Mansel - Forms (Law) - 1839 - 244 pages
...as to the duration of life is said to arise, with respect to persons of whom no account can be given at the expiration of seven years from the time when they were last known to be living; Stowell v. Lord Zouch, Plow. 358; Doe v. Jussnit, 6 East, 80; Hopewell v. DC Pinna, 2 Campb. 113 ;... | |
 | John William Smith - 1840 - 530 pages
...(a) 6 East, 80. there laid it down, that " the presumption of the duration of life, with respect to whom no account can be given, ends at the expiration...the time when they were last known to be living." It is most convenient that such a definite period should be fixed ; it draws the line distinctly, and... | |
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And Lord Ellenborough. In Doe v. Jesson, 6 East, 80, 85, referring to the statutes of 19 Car. II. c. G, and 1 Jac. I. c. 11, said that "the presumption of the duration of life with respect to persons of whom no account can be given, ends at the expiration... 
