Select Cases and Other Authorities on the Law of Property, Volume 1Charles W. Sever and Company, 1905 - Personal property |
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... brought him £ 15 towards payment of the debt , but requested and obtained permission to lay the money out in the purchase of a horse and cart , which were to be the property of the plaintiff , but of which Facey was to have the ...
... brought him £ 15 towards payment of the debt , but requested and obtained permission to lay the money out in the purchase of a horse and cart , which were to be the property of the plaintiff , but of which Facey was to have the ...
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... brought where there was no distress " and the learned reporters , in a note to the passage , refer to Spelman's Glossary , 485 ( tit . Replegio ) ; Doctrina Placitandi , Replevin , 313 ; Com . Dig . Replevin ( A ) ; and Gilbert ...
... brought where there was no distress " and the learned reporters , in a note to the passage , refer to Spelman's Glossary , 485 ( tit . Replegio ) ; Doctrina Placitandi , Replevin , 313 ; Com . Dig . Replevin ( A ) ; and Gilbert ...
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... brought an action of trover against Buster for a deer skin . It appeared that N. was hunting deer on the 31st of December , 1819 , and had wounded one , about six miles from B.'s house , which he pur- sued with his dogs . He followed ...
... brought an action of trover against Buster for a deer skin . It appeared that N. was hunting deer on the 31st of December , 1819 , and had wounded one , about six miles from B.'s house , which he pur- sued with his dogs . He followed ...
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... brought . BROWN , J. By the common law of England it would appear that property found floating at sea , by which we mean more than a marine league from the shore , belonged to the finder . Thus , Britton says □ The statement of facts ...
... brought . BROWN , J. By the common law of England it would appear that property found floating at sea , by which we mean more than a marine league from the shore , belonged to the finder . Thus , Britton says □ The statement of facts ...
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... brought against the sheriff , for selling upon execu- tion property not belonging to the debtor . With us an execution is defined to be the putting one in possession of that , which he has already acquired by judgment of law . Co. Lit ...
... brought against the sheriff , for selling upon execu- tion property not belonging to the debtor . With us an execution is defined to be the putting one in possession of that , which he has already acquired by judgment of law . Co. Lit ...
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Page 374 - June (1677) all declarations or creations of trusts or confidences of any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, shall be manifested and proved by some writing signed by the party who is by law enabled to declare such trust, or by his last will in writing, or else they shall be utterly void and of none effect.
Page 650 - Cartwright and her assigns for and during the term of her natural life, and from and immediately after her decease to...
Page 547 - The common law of England is not to be taken, in all respects, to be that of America. Our ancestors brought with them its general principles, and claimed it as their birthright; but they brought with them and adopted only that portion which was applicable to their condition.
Page 334 - ... the will of the giver according to the form in the deed of gift manifestly expressed shall be from henceforth observed, so that they to whom the land was given under such condition shall have no power to aliene the land so given, but that it shall remain unto the issue of them to whom it was given after their death, or shall revert unto the giver or his heirs if issue fail, either by reason that there is no issue at all, or if any issue be, it fail by death, the heir of such issue failing.
Page 47 - But our law, to guard against fraud, gives the entire property, without any account, to him whose original dominion is invaded, and endeavored to be rendered uncertain without his own consent.
Page 369 - That where any person or persons stand or be seised, or at any time hereafter shall happen to be seised, of and in any honors, castles, manors, lands, tenements, rents, services, reversions, remainders or other hereditaments, to the use, confidence or trust of any other person or persons...
Page 440 - ... that they were so intended lying on those who assert that they have ceased to be chattels; and that, on the contrary, an article which is affixed to the land, even slightly, is to be considered...
Page 441 - The only question therefore is, whether the machines when fixed were parcel of the freehold; and this is a question of fact, depending on the circumstances of each case, and principally on two considerations; first, the mode of annexation to the soil or fabric of the house, and the extent to which it is united to them, whether it can easily be removed integre, salve, et commode, or not, without injury to itself or the fabric of the building...
Page 546 - The general rule of the common law certainly is that whatever is once annexed to the freehold becomes part of it, and cannot afterward be removed, except by him who is entitled to the inheritance.
Page 264 - Trial in the Superior Court, without -a jury, before Blodgett, J., who allowed a bill of exceptions, in substance as follows : The...