Cases Decided in the House of Lords, on Appeal from the Courts of Scotland, 1825[-1834].

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Página 493 - ... the lord provost, magistrates and council of the city of Edinburgh...
Página 467 - The House of Lords ordered and adjudged, That the said interlocutors complained of in the said appeal be and the same are hereby reversed : And it is further ordered, That the cause be remitted back to the Court of Session in Scotland...
Página 74 - It is ordered and adjudged by the lords spiritual and temporal in parliament assembled, that the said petition and appeal be, and is hereby, dismissed this House ; and that the said interlocutor therein complained of be, and the same is hereby, affirmed.
Página 272 - The Old Testament in Hebrew, (which was the native language of the people of God of old,) and the New Testament in Greek, (which at the time of the writing of it was most generally known to the nations,) being immediately inspired by God, and by his singular care and providence kept pure in all ages, are therefore authentical ; so as in all controversies of religion, the church is finally to appeal unto them.
Página 243 - The ordinary course of the river, is that which it takes at ordinary times ; there is also a flood channel : I am not talking of that which it takes in extraordinary or accidental floods, but the ordinary course of the river in the different seasons of the year must, I apprehend, be subject to the same principle.
Página 433 - ... ment, personally, and conjunctly and severally, ought and ' should be decerned and ordained to make payment to the ' pursuer of the annual sum of L. 1000 sterling, as the stipulat' ed salary attached and pertaining to the offices of manager and ' permanent director aforesaid, the duties of which he is ready
Página 9 - Whitsunday after the separation ' of each year's crop from the ground, beginning the first half' year's payment at Martinmas 1804, for that year's crop, and ' the next term's payment for said crop at Whitsunday 1805, ' and so furth yearly and termly thereafter, during the currency ' of this tack, with a fifth part more of each term's payment of • liquidate penalty in case of failure, and the legal annualrent Feb. 15. 1828. ' of the said tcrmly payments from the time that the same be' come due during...
Página 342 - Hood's trustees did not apply to the present. To be sure the facts, of that case are different from those of the present case; but the principle of the case was the same; and when that case was cited by the learned Judges in the Court below, and referred to as an authority, they did not refer to the facts of the case merely as governing the present case, but to the judgment of your Lordships...
Página 415 - It appears to me, that there is no solid ground for the objection ; but that where a will is executed in a foreign country by a person having his domicile in that country, with respect to that person's property the will must be interpreted according to the law of the country where it is made. It must, if it comes into question in any proceeding, have the same interpretation put upon it as would be put upon it in any tribunal of the country where it was made.
Página 40 - And we consent to the registration hereof in ' the books of Council and Session, or others competent, therein to ' remain for preservation ; and if needful, that letters of horning