An Abridgment of the Modern Determinations in the Courts of Law and Equity: Being a Supplement to Viner's Abridgment, Volumi 1-6

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A. Strahan, 1791
 

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Pagina 479 - He owes more money than he is worth, he is run away and is broke,
Pagina 219 - The law charges this person, thus intrusted to carry goods, against all events but acts of God, and of the enemies of the king. For though the force be never so great, as if an irresistible multitude of people should rob him, nevertheless he is chargeable.
Pagina 547 - Britain may hereafter enjoy the same, except the Right and Privilege of sitting in the House of Lords, and the Privileges depending thereon, and particularly the right of sitting upon the Trials of Peers.
Pagina 261 - It was resolved, that every contract executory imports in itself an assumpsit, for when one agrees to pay money, or to deliver anything, thereby he assumes or promises to pay, or deliver it, and therefore when one sells any goods to another, and agrees to deliver them at a day to come, and the other in consideration thereof agrees to pay so much money...
Pagina 315 - But it was adjudged for the plaintiff : for when a thing is to be done by the plaintiff, be it never so small, this is a sufficient consideration to ground an action...
Pagina 212 - That if an information tarn quam be brought after the year on a penal statute, which gives one moiety to the informer, and the other to the king, it is naught only as to the informer, but good for the king.
Pagina 562 - ... it was the horse of Sir JL, because the plaintiff could not prove that the defendant knew it not to be his own horse (for the declaration must be that he did it fraudulently or knowing it to be not his own horse); for the defendant bought the horse in Smithfield, but not legally tolled: the plaintiff was nonsuit
Pagina 189 - Imprifonment; except there be an Order of Court for it, or a Warrant under the Hand of one of the Judges of the Court out of which the Writ Iffues.
Pagina 119 - Fact, for it was done before he knew any thing of it ; therefore if he be tried as Principal, and found not guilty, he may be after...
Pagina 264 - If it had been an indebitatus for so much money paid by the plaintiff at the request of the defendant unto his son, it might have been good, for then it would be the father's debt and not the son's ; but when the money is lent to the son, it is his proper debt, and not the father's.

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