R v Leith; King, Assignee of Langman, v Leith

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1787
Year1787
CourtCourt of the King's Bench
    • This document is available in original version only for vLex customers

      View this document and try vLex for 7 days
    • TRY VLEX
7 cases
  • United Australia Ltd v Barclays Bank Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 20 August 1940
    ...implied contract to his principal to repay. Even here in the relatively more recent cases where this explanation is given, by Grose J. in King v. Leith (1787) 2 T.R. at p. 145, and in Marsh v. Keating (1834) 1 Bing. N.C. at p. 215 by Park J. in delivering the opinion of the Judges in the Ho......
  • Clarke v Ryall
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of the King's Bench
    • 1 January 1768
    ...of the arrest, and then operates, as if the arrest were a complete act of bankruptcy in itself: " per Ashhurst, J., in King v. Leith, '2 T. R. 141 ; Barnard v. Palmer, 1 Camp. 509 ; Glassington v. Rawlins, 3 East, 407 ; Thomas v. Desanges, 2 B. & A. 586. But now by 6 G. 4, c. 16, s. 5, if a......
  • Edwards and Another, Assignees of Maurice, a Bankrupt v Gabriel, Phillips and Roby
    • United Kingdom
    • Exchequer
    • 2 December 1861
    ...c. 16. The 21 Jac. 1, c 19, s 6, rendered the lying in prison for debt for two months an act of bankruptcy, and the case of King v Leith (2 T. R. 141, 144), to which I have already referred, decided that when the two months expired the bankruptcy related back to the day of arrest, and that ......
  • Spratt and Another, Assignees of Lynch, a Bankrupt, v Hobhouse, Bart., and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Common Pleas
    • 18 May 1827
    ...Defendants not to pay that draft, it ia sufficient that they had probable grounds for believing that Lynch was bankrupt, King v. Leith (2 T. R. 141); it was not necessary they should have formal notice of a commission against him. That they [177] had such probable grounds is clear from thei......
  • Request a trial to view additional results

VLEX uses login cookies to provide you with a better browsing experience. If you click on 'Accept' or continue browsing this site we consider that you accept our cookie policy. ACCEPT