 They have been treated therefore as persons in a different situation from mere contractors, for then they would have been exempt; but in truth, they are purchasers who have acquired an interest, not in a mere chattel, but in a subject of a permanent nature,...  Reports of Cases Decided in the Court of Appeal - Page 508by Ontario. Court of Appeal, James Stewart Tupper, Richard Scougall Cassels - 1887Full view - About this book
 | Great Britain. Court of Exchequer, William Newland Welsby, Edwin Tyrrell Hurlstone, John Gordon - 1851 - 1054 pages
...mere contractors, for then they would have been exempt; but, hi truth, they are purchasers who have acquired an interest, not in a mere chattel, but in...analogous to an infant purchaser of real estate, who has (a) The Cork and Bandon Rail- way Company v. Fearnlty, 4 Eich. wyCompany v. C'azenove, 10 QB 26. 93o... | |
 | Edmund Hatch Bennett, Chauncey Smith - 1853 - 684 pages
...repudiation by the defendant was within a reasonable time. It is now settled that an infant shareholder is placed in a situation analogous to an infant purchaser...liable to the obligations attached to the estate, unless he chooses to waive or disagree to the purchase. London and North Western Railway Company \.... | |
 | John William Smith - 1868 - 594 pages
...said the Court of Exchequer in The London and North Western Railway Company v. M'Michael, "who have acquired an interest not in a mere chattel, but in...permanent nature, either by contract with the Company, or by devolution from those who have so contracted, and with an obligation attached to it which they are... | |
 | Albert Venn Dicey - 1870 - 582 pages
...mere contractors, for then they would have been exempt. But, in truth, they are purchasers, who have acquired an interest, not in a mere chattel, but in a subject of a permanent nature, . . . and with certain obligations attached to it, which they were • bound to discharge, and have... | |
 | Sir William Reynell Anson - 1879 - 486 pages
...cpntractors, for then they would have Pr°Pertyi been exempt : but in truth, they are purchasers who have acquired an interest, not in a mere chattel, but in...to it which they were bound to discharge, and have thereby been placed in a situation analogous to an infant purchaser of real estate who has taken possession,... | |
 | Albert Venn Dicey, John Henry Truman - 1879 - 586 pages
...mere contractors, for then they would have been exempt. But, in truth, they are purchasers, who have acquired an interest, not in a mere chattel, but in a subject of a permanent nature, . . . and with certain obligations attached to it, which they were bound to discharge, and have been... | |
 | Sir William Reynell Anson - 1880 - 494 pages
...truth they are purchasers who have acquired an interest, not in a mere chattel, but in a subiect *100 of a permanent nature, either by contract with the...to it which they were bound to discharge, and have thereby been placed in a situation analogous to an infant purchaser of real estate who has taken possession,... | |
 | Sir William Reynell Anson - 1880 - 442 pages
...contract- Pr°I)crtyors, for then they would have been exempt; but in truth they are purchasers who have acquired an interest, not in a mere chattel, but in a subject *100 of a permanent nature, either by contract with the company, or purchase or devolution from those... | |
 | Sir William Reynell Anson - 1884 - 456 pages
...contractors, for then they would have perty, been exempt : but in truth, they are purchasers who have acquired an interest, not in a mere chattel, but in...to it which they were bound to discharge, and have thereby been placed in a situation analogous to an infant purchaser of real estate who has taken possession,... | |
 | David Rorer - 1884 - 882 pages
...arrival at full age.' Such infant subscribers are purchasers of the stock, who by their purchase have acquired an interest not in a mere chattel, but in a subject of a permanent nature, whether the purchase be by contract of subscription with the company, or by purchase or devolution... | |
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