Directors of the Reese River Silver Mining Company v Smith
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Year | 1865 |
| Date | 1865 |
| Court | House of Lords |
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Shalson and Others v Russo and Others; Mimran and Another (Part 20 Claimants)
...contract is voidable, not void, and that it is and remains a valid contract until set aside by the representee: see Reese River Silver Mining Company Limited v Smith (1869) 4 LRHL 64, at 73,74, per Lord Hatherley LC; and Newbigging v Adam (1886) 34 Ch D 582, at 592, per Bowen LJ. A typical......
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Sears and another v Minco Plc and Others
...know whether it is true or not. Ms den Besten also relied upon observations of (1) Lord Cairns in Reese River Silver Mining Co v Smith (1869) LR 4 HL 64 at 79–80: "I apprehend it to be the rule of law, that if persons take upon themselves to make assertions as to which they are ignorant whe......
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2 firm's commentaries
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Global Arbitration Review - The Guide to M&A Arbitration: United Kingdom
...damages in tort or under s. 2(1) is not that there has been a valid contract that has been broken.49 Reese Silver Mining Co v. Smith (1869) LR 4 HL 64.50 Car & Universal Finance Co Ltd v. Caldwell [1965] 1 QB 525.51 Clough v. London and North Western Railway (1871) LR 7 Exch 26.52 Cundy v. ......
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BVI Commercial Court Confirms That Only The Court May Amend A BVI Company's Register Of Members
...amended by mutual agreement between the member and the company on the grounds of mistake or fraud: Reese River Silver Mining Co v Smith (1869) LR 4 HL 64 at 74, 39 LJ Ch 849, 17 WR 1042 ; Re Poole Firebrick and Blue Clay Co, Hartley's Case (1875) 10 Ch App 157, 44 LJ Ch 240, 23 WR 203. Fara......
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Law and Finance in Emerging Economies: Germany and Britain 1800–1913
...the communication was directed atthe market in which the buyer was operating.125120 Reese River Silver Mining Company vSmith (1869-70) LR 4 HL 64. The law developed quicklyin the 1860s. Courts initially still required that the directors had made a fraudulent misrepre-sentation, but they now......