Salomon v Salomon and Company
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Court | House of Lords |
| Judgment Date | 16 November 1896 |
| Judgment citation (vLex) | [1896] UKHL J1116-2 |
| Date | 16 November 1896 |
Salomon (Pauper)
and
A. Salomon and Company, Limited, et e Contra.
[1896] UKHL J1116-2
House of Lords
1
After hearing Counsel as well on Monday the 15th as Monday the 22nd and Monday the 29th days of June last, upon the Original Petition and Appeal of Aron Salomon, of Number 167, Amhurst Road, Hackney, in the county of London, praying, That the matter of the Orders and Judgment set forth in the Schedule thereto, namely, an Order of Her Majesty's Court of Appeal of the 28th of May 1895, and also a Judgment and Order of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice of the 14th of February 1895, might be reviewed before Her Majesty the Queen in Her Court of Parliament, and that the said Orders and Judgment might be reversed, varied, or altered, or that the Petitioner might have such other relief in the premises as to Her Majesty the Queen in...
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