 Such then being the law of the land, it follows, as a necessary consequence, that the repair of the fabric of the church is a duty which the parishioners are compellable to perform ; not a mere voluntary act, which they may perform, or decline, at their...  The churchwarden's manual - Seite 45von Thomas Mackreth - 1847Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Edmund Burke - 1844 - 978 Seiten
...inquiry was the effect of it. Here again Lord Chief Justice Tindal had laid it down, that " the .re. pair of the fabric of the church is a duty which the parishioners ore compellable to perform, not a mere voluntary act, which they may perform or decline at their own... | |
 | 1846 - 618 Seiten
...E., 302) : — " Such, then, being the law of the land, it follows as a necessary consequence, that the repair of the fabric of the church is a duty which...they may perform or decline at their own discretion ; that the law is imperative upon them absolutely that they do repair the church — not binding on... | |
 | Samuel Carey Richards - 1841 - 212 Seiten
...thus proceeds : ' Such, then, being the law of the land, it follows, as a necessary consequence, that the repair of the fabric of the church is a duty which...they may perform or decline at their own discretion ; that the law is imperative on them, absolutely that they do repair the Church, not binding on them... | |
 | 1841 - 496 Seiten
...the land " . . . . " Such then being the law of the land, it follows as a necessary consequence, that the repair of the fabric of the church, is a duty...they may perform or decline at their own discretion. That the law is imperative upon them absolutely, that they do repair the church; not binding upon them... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, John Leycester Adolphus, Thomas Flower Ellis - 1842 - 966 Seiten
...of high authority. Such then being the law of the land, it follows, as a necessary consequence, that the repair of the fabric of the church is a duty which...compellable to perform ; not a mere voluntary act, which (a) Hawkint T. Sovt, CartH. 36O. j Holt, 139. they they may perform, or decline, at their own discretion... | |
 | 1842 - 752 Seiten
...following judgment of all the judges in the Court of Exchequer, delivered by Sir Nicholas Tindal :— " The repair of the fabric of the church is a duty which the parishioners are compellnble to perform, not a mere voluntary act, which they may perform or decline at their own discretion... | |
 | Richard Newcome - 1842 - 32 Seiten
...credit. But theChief. Justice of theCourt of Exchequer has laid down as the common law of the land, that the repair of the fabric of the church is a duty which the parishioners are compel lable to perform; not a mere voluntary act which • Beverend Thomas Jones. С 17 they perform... | |
 | Richard Burn - 1842 - 898 Seiten
...fabric of the church is ^epiiMbe a duty which the parishioners are compellable to perform, not Cllllrch' a mere voluntary act which they may perform or decline at their own discretion ; that the law is imperative upon them absolutely that they do repair the church, not binding on them... | |
 | Great Britain. Courts - 1843 - 662 Seiten
...obligation. I admit that the parish is bound, if the church be in need of repair, to repair it ; that the repair of the fabric of the church is a duty which the parishioners are compelled to perform, not a mere voluntary act which they may perform or decline at their discretion... | |
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