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Robert Alan Hill and Others Vs. Permanent Trustee Co., of New South Wa ...

Court : Privy Council

Subject : Land Acquisition

Advocate for Appellant : W.A. Greene and W. Barton, for Appellants; J.M. Gover and A.C. Nesbitt, for Respondents. Solicitors for Appellants, Montagurs, Cox and Cardale; Solicitors for Respondents, Light and Fulton.

Lord Russell of Killowen: The Permanent Trustee Company of New South Wales, Limited (hereinafter referred to as the Trustee Company) is the trustee of the will of Richard Hill, deceased, and in that capacity holds, as...

(Morris) Leventhal and Others Vs. David Jones Ltd.

Court : Privy Council

Subject : Land Acquisition

Advocate for Appellant : W.A. Greene, Wilfred Barton and M. Dare, for Appellants; H.P. MacMillan and W.G. Earen, for Respondents, Solicitors for Appellant, Bartlet and Gluckstein; Solicitors for Respondents, White and Leonard

Lord Merrivale: This appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court of New South Wales raises questions as to the construction of a series of documents exchanged between lessors and lessees of business premises in George...

indira Rani Ghose Vs. Akhoy Kumar Ghose

Court : Privy Council

Subject : Land Acquisition

Advocate for Appellant : W.A. Greene, W. Wallach and U.C. Laha, for Appellant ; L. Dc Gruyther, Dawson Miller and P.B. Das, for Respondent. Solicitors for Appellant, Callingham, Ormond and Maddoy ; Solicitors for Respondent, Watkins and Hunter.

Lord Blanesburgh: The question at issue on this appeal is concerned with the ultimate destination of the share of his residuary estate given by a Hindu testator to the elder of two sons who survived him....

Chhatra Kumari Devi Vs. Mohan Bikram Shah and Others

Court : Privy Council

Subject : Miscellaneous

Advocate for Appellant : A.M. Dunne, B. Dube and F. Whittingstall, for Appellants; L. DeGruyther, W.A. Greene and S. Hyam, for Respondents. Solicitors for Appellants, Watkins and Hunter. L. Hunter; Solicitors for Respondents, Barrow, Rogers and Nevill.

Sir George Lowndes: The facts in this case have been stated with admirable clarity and precision in the judgment of the High Court and their Lordships will only restate them so far as is necessary for...

British Coal Corporation and Others Vs. the King Opposite Party

Court : Privy Council

Subject : Land Acquisition

Advocate for Appellant : W.A. Greene, C.J. Burchell, J.H. Stamp and Potter A. Oyler, for Petitioners; B. Stafford Gripp, Cyril Radcliffe, W.N. Tilley and J.E. Reid, for Opposite Party. Solicitors for Appellants, Clifford and Co.; Solicitors for Respondents, Blake and Redden and C

Lord Chancellor (Viscount Sankey): This is a petition for special leave to appeal from a judgment of the Court of King's Bench (Appeal Side) of the Province of Quebec, delivered on 5th October 1934. The petitioners...

Official Assignee of the Estate of Mahomed and Another Vs. Cowasji Din ...

Court : Privy Council

Subject : Land Acquisition

Advocate for Appellant : Theobald Mathew and Said Hasan, for Appellants; W.A. Greene and C.W. Turner, for Respondents. Solicitors for Appellants, Charles Russel and Co. Solicitors for Respondents, E.F.Turner and Sons.

Lord Tomlin: This is an appeal from the Court of appeal for Eastern Africa, allowing the respondents' appeal from the High Court of -anzibar. The facts are shortly as follows: One Mahomed Bin Salem el Jaseri...

Alfred Ernest Mitchell and Others Vs. Carr Lazarus Phillips and Others

Court : Privy Council

Subject : Land Acquisition

Advocate for Appellant : W.A. Greene and G.D. McNair, for Appellants; L. DeGruyther and A.T. Macmillan, for Respondents. Solicitors for Appellants, Morgan, Price, Marley and Rugg; Solicitors for Respondents, Nisbet, Drew and Loughborough.

Lord Tomlin: In the suit out of which this appeal arises the appellants as legal personal representatives of a deceased creditor are seeking to recover from the respondents as guarantors part of a debt due and...

Green's Administratrix Vs. Creighton

Court : US Supreme Court

Subject : MRTP

Green's Administratrix v. Creighton - 64 U.S. 90 (1859) U.S. Supreme Court Green's Administratrix v. Creighton, 64 U.S. 23 How. 90 90 (1859) Green's Administratrix v. Creighton 64 U.S. (23 How.) 90 APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT...

Mills Vs. Green

Court : US Supreme Court

Subject : Land Acquisition

Mills v. Green - 159 U.S. 651 (1895) U.S. Supreme Court Mills v. Green, 159 U.S. 651 (1895) Mills v. Green No. 732 Submitted October 28, 1895 Decided November 25, 1895 159 U.S. 651 APPEAL FROM...

Smith Vs. Reeves

Court : US Supreme Court

Subject : Education

Smith v. Reeves - 178 U.S. 436 (1900) U.S. Supreme Court Smith v. Reeves, 178 U.S. 436 (1900) Smith v. Reeves No. 242 Argued April 16, 1900 Decided May 14, 1900 178 U.S. 436 ERROR TO...