Cowen v Truefitt Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1899
Date1899
CourtCourt of Appeal
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10 cases
  • Bellamy v Jones and Bellamy
    • Barbados
    • High Court (Barbados)
    • 16 d4 Outubro d4 2014
    ...the falsa demonstratio rule was rejected the Court should still give effect to the Testator's intention relying upon Cowen v. Truelift (1899) 2 Ch. 309. 53 She further submitted that the rules of interpretation demonstrated a deliberate attempt by the Courts to arrive at the intention of th......
  • Richard Wrotesley, Plaintiff, and Richard Adams and Elizabeth his Wife, Defendants
    • United Kingdom
    • High Court
    • 1 d1 Janeiro d1 1816
    ...and Richard Adams and Elizabeth his Wife Defendants See In re Bellamy, 1883, 25 Ch. D. 625; Cowen v. Truefitt, [1898] 2 Ch. 551; [1899] 2 Ch. 309. [187] A brief Report of a Case argued by the Serjeants in the Common Bench, in Trinity Term, in the first Year of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, ......
  • Roberts v Strachan
    • Bahamas
    • Supreme Court (Bahamas)
    • 22 d2 Janeiro d2 1991
    ...this matter can only be properly resolved by this court making a decision on the evidence in the case. 19 Later on, in Cowen v. Truefitt [1899] 2 Ch. 309 at 311–312, Lindley, M.R. said:– “I must, however, protest against the way in which the doctrine has been stated by the appellants counse......
  • Farrington and Estate Title Company Ltd v Harrisville Company Ltd
    • Bahamas
    • Court of Appeal (Bahamas)
    • 13 d3 Junho d3 1973
    ...& W 183) but, in applying the maxim, it is immaterial in what part of the description the lack of precision or correctness occurs. (See Cowen v. Truefitt [1899] 2 Ch 309 and Emmet's Notes on Perusing Title (8th edn) p 187). 43 In the instant case the determination of the Crown to put the so......
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