Reports of Cases, Determined at Nisi Prius, in the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas, and on the Circuit Volume 1; From the Sittings After Michaelmas Term, 55 Geo. III. 1814, to the Sittings After [Michaelmas Term, 60 Geo. III 1819] Inclusive (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1823 Excerpt: ...enough to sign in blank he must take the consequences. Verdict for the plaintiff. The Attorney-General and Heath for the plaintiff. for the defendant. Attornies, Mhn and Pearttn.' CASES AT NISI VR1VS, J8j6 Doe on the Demifie of Biddle V. Abrahams. ihdiundTMs THIS was an action brought by the assignees of Mcurity'f"" Braham, a bankrupt, to recover the possessionof dcbtcwinot premises of which the defendant was in poses defend an aph'Tthe sin fr the purpose of securing a debt of 1800/. nuignc-of B. due to him from the bankrupt. alter Ins bank-ruptcr.onthe It appeared that the title of the bankrupt was ground that, thegmntunder founded on a lease of the premises from the crown, which B. de-, rWet his title for a term of which seventy years were unexpired. from the crown., _, ., . is void. lopping, for the defendant, objected that the plaintiffs were not entitled to recover, since their claim was founded on a grant from the crown for a term exceeding fifty years, but by the statute 1 Ann. st. I.e. 7. all leases of lands granted by the crown for any term exceeding fifty years, or three lives, to commence from the making, were declared to be illegal. Lord Ellenborough, after inquiring whether some more recent act had not been passed upon this subject, said, that as the defendant was in possession under the bankrupt, and prima facie derived title from him, he should permit the lessor of the plaintiff to recover. Verdict for the plaintiff. Scarlett and Comyn for the plaintiff. Topping and Marryatt for the defendant. Attornics, Mitvhevmi Cunecn.) Sandback V. Thomas. I8i6. THIS was an action for maliciously holding the i an plaintiff to bail for the sum of 300/. and obliging hST' him to find bail, by means of which he was put to KJE" great ex...