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Leading cases

Leading cases. A case so frequently followed as to become invested with … invested with peculiar authority is termed a 'leading case.' The leading cases on important points of law were collected and published by

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Negligence

see VOLENTI NONFIT INJURIA. Consult Beven on Negligence and Smith's Leading Cases, sub tit, Coggs v. Bernard. Negligence is absence of reasonable

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Damages

See Hadley v. Baxendale, (1854) 32 LJ Ex 179; Smith's Leading Cases, vol. Ii and the notes thereto; and Argentino, 14 App

Distress

statutes and general law relating to the subject see Smith's Leading Cases, sub tit. Simpson v. Hartopp; Oldham and foster's Law of

Quantum meruit

6 TR 320; 3 RR 185; and notes in Smith's Leading Cases thereunder. See also Cutler v. Powell, 6 TR 320 3

Ruling cases

cases, cases having much the same character and effect as Leading Cases (see that title).

Expectant heir

of the expectant heir is taken advantage of. See the leading case of Earl of Chesterfield v. Janssen, (1750) 2 Ves … been accustomed to interfere between lender and borrower in these cases, and to set aside as 'unconscionable bargains' those mortgages of

Recovery

example, Taltarum's case, YB 12 Edw 4 (19) and Tudor's Leading Cases, 3rd Edn., p. 695. This was called a recovery with

Taltarum's case

Taltarum's case, Y.B. 12 Edw. IV. 19 (translated in Tudor's Leading Cases on Real Property), decided that an estate tail could be

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