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unusual facts about Somersett's Case


Somersett's Case

These lawyers included Francis Hargrave, a young lawyer who made his reputation with this, his first case, and the famous Irish lawyer and orator John Philpott Curran whose lines in defence of Somersett were often quoted by American abolitionists (such as Frederick Douglass).


Broxbourne Borough F.C.

The club was formed in 1959 as Somersett F.C. by Colin Plowman and Robert Le Moignan who attended Chace Boys School, in Enfield, and played in the Edmonton Youth Saturday League for the first one two season, finishing bottom, failing to win a match.

Byrne v Van Tienhoven

It may be taken as now settled that where an offer is made and accepted by letters sent through the post, the contract is completed the moment the letter accepting the offer is posted: Harris's Case; Dunlop v Higgins, even although it never reaches its destination.

Calvin's Case

Robert A. Williams, Jr. argues that Edward Coke used this occasion to quietly provide a legal sanction for the London Virginia Company to dispense with affording Native Americans any rights as they settled in New England.

Owing to its inclusion in the standard legal treatises of the nineteenth century (compiled by Edward Coke, William Blackstone, and James Kent), Calvin's Case was well known in the early judicial history of the United States.

Darnell's Case

While historians have generally agreed with Selden's assertions, Mark Kishlansky has disputed them.

Duke of Norfolk's Case

Charles sued to enforce his interest, and the court (in this instance, the House of Lords) held that such a shifting condition could not exist indefinitely.

Haxey's case

On deposing Richard in 1399, Henry IV of England successfully petitioned Parliament to reverse its judgment against Haxey as "…against the law and custom which had been before in Parliament."

Ponosov's case

On 9 January 2007, a second hearing was conducted in the town of Vereshchagino, Perm Krai before Judge Vera Barakina.

Rule in Shelley's Case

Some scholars, such as John V. Orth, believe that this explanation (to promote the right to transfer the land) of the origin of the Rule is inaccurate.

Skinner's Case

Luke Owen Pike, Constitutional History of the House of Lords (1894)


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