Essays on Common Law Page 3

In this case law the judgment was,” By becoming a shareholder in a company, a person undertakes by his contract to be bound by the decisions of the prescribed majority of hardliners, if those decisions on the affairs of the company are arrived at in accordance with the law, even where they adversely affect his…

In the case of Rochefoucauld v Boustead (1897), Lindley LJ stated that the Statute of Frauds does not prohibit the evidence of fraud. Furthermore, Lindley LJ declared that if a trustee is aware that a land was conveyed to them as a trustee, it would be considered fraudulent for them to reject the existence of…

Introduction Jus Accrescendi is the right of survivorship in joint tenancy. “Jus Accrescendi inter mercatores locum non habet, pro beneficio commercii’ means that there can be no right of survivorship in business tenancies. Jus Accrescendi praefertur oneribus means that the right of survivorship is preferred to incumbrances. Jus Accrescendi praefertur ultimate voluntati means that the…

Offer is an expression of willingness to enter into a legally binding contract on the terms proposed once the offer is accepted. This letter is an offer since the terms proposed are complete and it is communication to the offered. The letter was definitely sent to Andrew by mistake since the company makes this offer…

    Most states take away prisoner’s right to vote, as the right to vote is a state rather than a federal matter. The two states that still allow for it are Maine and Vermont. Thirteen states take away the right to vote for life, though most reinstate the right once the sentence has been served….

From the grounds received by the Branch Clerk of Court from the suppliant the undermentioned facts emerged: On 9 May 1985. suppliant. a punctually commissioned private school located at Barangay Palao Iligan City entered into a contract of services with private respondent Christina Trino. Under that contract. Christina Trino would learn at the petitioner School…

Mogharrabi and his wife were permitted into the United States from Iran as nonimmigrant students. They stayed in the United longer than the initial time allowed and arrangements were made for them to be deported. Mogharrabi filed for asylum to void the deportation for fear of his persecution because of his political opinion if he…

ofThe outcome of a trial, whether it be civil or criminal, can have a tremendous impact on the lives of the parties involved. It is the wish of any reasonable person that the perpetrator of an evil faces the penalties of his or her actions while the innocent be awarded a favorable outcome, whatever that…

Citation             The case of Solesbee v Balcom, 339 US (1950) was an appeal to the US Supreme Court from the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia and was argued before the justices of the US Supreme Court on November 15, 1949.  The decision of the US Supreme Court was rendered on February 20,…

This is an administrative case filed by the complainant claiming that the respondent committed an act of impropriety as a lawyer and as public officer when he stood as counsel for the defendants despite the fact that he presided over the conciliation proceedings between the litigants as punong barangay. Facts: Complainant Wilfredo M. Catu is…