The Revised Reports, Vol. 56 (Classic Reprint)

Frederick Pollock, Oliver Augustus Saunders

ISBN 10: 0265107067 / ISBN 13: 9780265107065

Published by Forgotten Books, 2017

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Print on Demand. This book explores the historical interplay between special juries and the political establishment during England's late Queen Anne period. Written before the current Acts establishing registries of deeds in counties across Ireland and some parts of the United Kingdom, the author provides valuable insight on the inefficacy of earlier registries. A particularly fascinating element of this book is its detailed discussion of common law and statutory law's sometimes contradictory treatment of evidence, especially in criminal trials. The depth of these analyses makes this book a valuable resource for legal scholars and social historians alike. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Revised Reports, Vol. 56 (Classic Reprint)
• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0265107067
• ISBN 13: 9780265107065
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Book Type: print-on-demand item
• Seller catalogs:
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Excerpt from The Revised Reports, Vol. 56: Being a Republication of Such Cases in the English Courts of Common Law and Equity, From the Year 1785, as Are Still of Practical Utility; 1840-1842

WE now enter on the series of Manning and Granger's reports in the Court of Common Pleas, rendered particularly valuable, as is known to all studious lawyers, by the wealth of erudition contained in Serjeant Manning's frequent notes. At p. 341 is a note, consisting simply of a familiar sentence of Horace, conveying the learned and ingenious reporter's opinion of the bias of special juries, in the early years of the late Queen, in an action against a brother magistrate.

Nixon v. Hamilton, p. 246, is one of the class of cases, perhaps unfortunate in their inception, which went far to defeat the policy of the Acts establishing registries of deeds in Ireland and some parts of England. If, however, an earlier unregistered deed was ever to prevail over a later registered one, the facts in Nixon v. Hamilton could lead to no other result. It was not a case of constructive notice; the solicitor concerned, whose knowledge in the same trans action was imputed to his principal by the general rule of the law of agency, had kept the first deed off the register by gross and deliberate fraud. The decision is perfectly consistent with mere omission not to make every possible inquiry, in such circumstances that the omission is not even negligent, not being held to have the like efiect: A gm Ban/c v. Barry, L. R. 7 H. L. 135.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.