Cases in the Court of Common Pleas, 1753-1769

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E. and R. Brooke and J. Rider, 1799
 

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Side 339 - And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. 17 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
Side 349 - the statute is like a tyrant, where he comes he makes all void ; but the common law is like a nursing father, and makes void only that part where the fault is, and preserves the rest.
Side 339 - If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found ; then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.
Side 211 - Plaintiff in Replevin, or other Tenant of the Lands and Tenements whereon such Distress was made, enjoyed the same under a Grant or Demise at such a certain Rent, during the Time wherein the Rent distrained for incurred, which Rent was then and still remains due...
Side 348 - This is a contract to tempt a man to transgress the law, to do that which is injurious to the community; it is void by the common law, and the reason why the common law says such contracts are void is for the public good. You shall not stipulate for iniquity. All writers upon our law agree in this, no polluted hand shall touch the pure fountains of justice.
Side 153 - Wilkes, esq. herewith sent you, for being the author and publisher of a most infamous and seditious libel, intitled, The North Briton, No. 45, tending to inflame the minds and alienate the affections of the people from his majesty, and to excite them to traitorous insurrections against the government...
Side 146 - I wish never to hear this objection again. This action is for a tort : torts are infinitely various, not limited or confined, for, there is nothing in nature but may be an instrument of mischief...
Side 334 - Elizabeth his wife, and their heirs, equally to be divided between them as tenants in common, and not as joint tenants...
Side 44 - ... and this he is ready to verify. Wherefore, he prays judgment, and that the plaintiff be barred from having his action aforesaid against him.
Side 212 - ... 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...

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