A Treatise of the Law Relative to Contracts and Agreements Not Under Seal: With Cases and Decisions Thereon in the Action of Assumpsit. In Four Parts, Volum 2 |
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A Treatise of the Law Relative to Contracts and Agreements Not ..., Volum 2 Samuel Comyn Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1809 |
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accepted action of affumpfit afterwards againſt agreed agreement alfo amount appeared becauſe bill bond bound brought cafe called carrier carry caſe charge common confideration confidered contract count court damages debt deed defendant defendant's delivered demand determined directed entered entitled evidence execution fact faid fale fame fecurity fell fendant fhall fhip fhould fold fome ftatute fuch give given ground hands held himſelf horſe indebitatus affumpfit infured judgment jury land liable Lord Lord Kenyon maintain matter money paid months muſt notice objection opinion owner paid particular parties payment perfon perform plaintiff prefent premium principal promiſe proved purchaſe queſtion received recover rent rule ſaid ſhall ſuch taken Term Term Rep thereof thing trial uſe verdict Vide void wager warranty whole
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Side 572 - Jac. 1, c. 16, § 4) it was provided "that if in any the said actions or suits, judgment be given for the plaintiff, and the same be reversed by error, or a verdict pass for the plaintiff, and upon matter alleged in arrest of judgment, the judgment be given against the plaintiff, that he take nothing by his plaint, writ or bill...
Side 292 - ... a carrier is in the nature of an insurer. It is laid down that he is liable for every accident, except by the act of God, or the king's enemies.
Side 36 - ... here was no fraud, no wrong. It was incumbent upon the plaintiff to be satisfied that the bill drawn upon him was the drawer's hand, before he accepted or paid it. But it was not incumbent upon the defendant to inquire into it.
Side 240 - The objection that a contract is immoral or illegal as between plaintiff and defendant sounds at all times very ill in the mouth of the defendant. It is not for his sake, however, that the objection is ever allowed : but it is founded in general principles of policy, which the defendant has the advantage of, contrary to the real justice, as between him and the plaintiff, by accident, if I may so say. The principle of public policy is this: Ex dolo malo non oritur actio.
Side 510 - it shall and may be lawful to and for the landlord or landlords, where the agreement is not by deed, to recover a reasonable satisfaction for the lands, tenements or hereditaments held or occupied by the defendant or defendants, in an action on the case for the use and occupation of what was so held or enjoyed...
Side 499 - As to the certainty of the law mentioned by Mr. Dunning, it would be very hard upon the profession if the law was so certain that everybody knew it; the misfortune is that it is so uncertain that it costs much money to know what it is even in the last resort.
Side 510 - ... in an action on the case, for the use and occupation of what was so held or enjoyed ; and if in evidence on the trial of such action any...
Side 143 - ... won by gaming or playing at cards, dice, tables, tennis, bowls, or other game or games...
Side 41 - The rule has always been, that if a man has actually paid what the law would not have compelled him to pay, but what in equity and conscience he ought, he cannot recover it back again in an action for money had and received.
Side 36 - He made no objection to them, at the time of paying them. Whatever neglect there was, was on his side. The defendant had actual encouragement from the plaintiff...