The Digest of English Case Law: Containing the Reported Decisions of the Superior Courts, and a Selection from Those of the Scottish and Irish Courts, Volumes 11-15Sweet and Maxwell, 1922 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 101 - Alternative Accommodation for Tenant—Onus of Proof on Landlord.]—Section 5, sub-section 1 of the Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Act, 1920, provides that " No order or judgment for the recovery of possession of any dwelling-house to which this Act applies, or for the ejectment of a tenant therefrom, shall be made or given uniese
Page 267 - Act, there shall, save as hereinafter expressly provided, be levied and paid, upon the principal value ascertained as hereinafter provided of all property, real or personal, settled or not settled, which passes on the death of such person a duty called ' Estate duty ' . . ." By section 2, subsection 1, " Property passing on the death of the
Page 313 - provides that, when two steam vessels are crossing so as to involve risk of collision, the vessel which has the other on her own starboard side shall keep out of the way of the other ; and article
Page 149 - a speed which was dangerous to the public having regard to all the circumstances of the case, including the nature, condition and use of the said highway, and to the amount of traffic which actually was at the time, or might reasonably have been expected to be, on the
Page 275 - :—(2) Where goods are bought by description from a seller who deals in goods of that description (whether he be the manufacturer or not), there is an implied condition that the goods shall be of merchantable quality; . . .
Page 267 - be deemed to include the property following, that is to say . . . (b) Property in which the deceased or any other person had an interest ceasing on the death of the deceased, to the extent to which a benefit accrues or arises by the cesser of such interest. . . .
Page 283 - 3 of the Sale of Goods Act, 1893, provides that " where there is an available market for the goods in question the measure of damages " (for non-delivery) " is prima facie to be ascertained by the difference between the contract price and the market or
Page 21 - J., that the equity of redemption in the mortgage was goods or chattels within the meaning of the Irish Bankrupt and Insolvent Act, 1857, s. 313, and was at the date of the bankruptcy " in the possession, order, or disposition of the bankrupt " by the consent and permission of the true owner. CLANCARTY, In те, [1921] 2 Ir. E.
Page 317 - a vessel when in the fairway and not under way shall at intervals of not more than one minute ring the bell rapidly for about five seconds. . . . Sailing vessels of less than twenty tons gross tonnage and lighters shall not be obliged to give the
Page 317 - (d) Where any loss or damage is caused to any other vessel, or to any goods, merchandise, or other things whatsoever on board any other vessel, by reason of the improper navigation of the ship ; be liable to damages beyond the following amounts;