Horsnail v Bruce

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1865
Date1865
CourtCourt of Common Pleas
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6 cases
  • Myles v Christian
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 5 April 1968
    ...as amicus curiae. Cases cited: (1) Evans v. WillsELR(1876), 1 C.P.D. 229, dictum of Cockburn, C.J. applied. (2) Horsnail v. BruceELR(1873), L.R. 8 C.P. 378, observations of Bovill, C.J. and Brett J. followed. (3) Lindsay v. Wong, [1924] Clarkes Reports (4) Stonor v. FowleELR(1887), 13 App. ......
  • Wragg v Samuel Fox & Company Ltd ; Charlesworth v Samuel Fox & Company Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 15 March 1937
    ...are in effect superseded, then, in my opinion, the proviso which qualifies them must disappear also; it has no independent existence. Horsnail v. Bruce, (1873) L.R. 8 C.P. 378, per Bovill, C. J. at p. 385. If, on the other hand, there are still cases in which these two heads can be effecti......
  • Wright v Hutchins
    • Guyana
    • High Court (Guyana)
    • 26 July 1969
    ...for the payment of the debt by instalments, a fresh right of committal arises upon failure to pay each instalment — Horsnail v. Bruce (1873) L.R. 8 C.P. 378. But, if the order is to pay in one sum, there is no jurisdiction to commit more than once — Evans v. Wills (1876) 1 C.P.D. 229. Furth......
  • Eslee Carberry Appellant v Grenada Telecommunications Ltd Respondent
    • St Vincent
    • Court of Appeal (Saint Vincent)
    • 15 September 1997
    ...in excess of the High Court's summary jurisdiction. Counsel referred to the following authorities: [1] Horsnail and Another v Bruce [1873] L.R. 8 C.P.378 [2] Fred Toppin and Rudolf's Limited Civ. App. No.13 of 1991 8 Learned Counsel for the appellant submitted that the apparent anomaly in t......
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