Arrets de la Cour Supreme, de la Cour de Vice Admiraute & de la Cour des Faillites de l'Ile MauricePrinted at the printing establishment of the Mauricien, 1879 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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A. G. ELLIS,-Chief Judge accordingly action admitted affidavit alleged amount appeal application BAIL COURT bankrupt Bankruptcy Bills of Lading Bottomry Cessio Bonorum charge Civil Code claim clause Colony competent contended contract conviction costs Counsel for Defendant Counsel for Plaintiff Court of Cassation creditors damages dant debt declaration deed defendant's dismissed District Court District Judge District Magistrate enactment entitled Estate facts Faduilhe fendant Flacq Fontaine ground heirs held Honor A. G. ELLIS,-Chief issue Joly judgment jurisdiction land Langlois liable Marquay Master Mauritius ment Messrs Notary objection offence Official Assignee opinion Order in Council Ordinance owner parties payment Penal Code person plain plea Port Louis proceedings Procureur proved provisions question referred regard render Res judicata respondent rule Rupees Second Puisne Judge seizure Seychelles ship sterling Stipendiary SUPREME COURT tiff tion Trublet versus Vice Admiralty Court witnesses writ
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Page 42 - ... or by any lawful means other than by a transfer according to the provisions of this Act, such transmission shall be authenticated by a declaration of the person to whom such interest has been transmitted, made in the Form marked L.
Page 156 - ... where an averment which is necessary for the support of the pleading is imperfectly stated, and the verdict on an issue involving that averment is found, if it appears to the court, after verdict, that the verdict could not have been found on this issue without proof of this averment, there, after verdict, the defective averment which might have been bad on demurrer is cured by the verdict.
Page 100 - Mercantile contracts are very commonly framed in a language peculiar to merchants ; the intention of the parties though perfectly well known to themselves, would often be defeated if this language were strictly construed according to its ordinary import in the world at large ; evidence, therefore, of mercantile custom and usage is admitted in order to expound it and arrive at its true meaning.
Page 25 - ... cannot be collected and received by the assignee without unreasonable or inconvenient delay or expense, the assignee may, under the direction of the court, sell and assign such debts or other property in such manner as the court shall order.
Page 42 - If the interest in any share have become transmitted in consequence of the death or bankruptcy or insolvency of any shareholder, or in consequence of the marriage of a female shareholder, or by any other lawful means...
Page 20 - En toutes matières, autres que celles de commerce, l'étranger qui sera demandeur , sera tenu de donner caution pour le paiement des frais et dommages-intérêts résultant du procès , à moins qu'il ne possède en France des immeubles d'une valeur suffisante pour assurer ce paiement.
Page 101 - ... when evidence of the usage of a, particular place is admitted, to add to or in any manner to affect the construction of a written contract, it is admitted only on the ground that the parties who made the contract are both cognizant of the usage, and must be presumed to have made their agreement with reference to it. But, no such presumption can arise when one of the parties is ignorant of it.
Page 10 - Justices issuing the same, if he or they shall think fit, to award and order therein and thereby that the Imprisonment for such subsequent Offence shall commence at the Expiration of the Imprisonment to which such Defendant shall have been previously adjudged or sentenced.
Page 133 - But nothing herein contained shall render any person who in any criminal proceeding is charged with the commission of any indictable offence, or any offence punishable on summary conviction, competent or compellable to give evidence for or against himself...
Page 73 - ... if any person shall wilfully trespass upon any railway, or any of the stations or other works or premises connected therewith, and shall refuse to quit the same upon request...