References: [1851] EngR 208, (1851) 16 QB 560, (1851) 117 ER 994
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This case is cited by:
- Cited – Bank of England -v- Vagliano Brothers ([1891] AC 107, (1891) 60 LJQB 145, (1891) 7 TLR 333)
The court considered the interpretation of the 1882 Act, which was said to be a codifying Act.
Held: An Act is to be ascertained in the first instance from the natural meaning of its language and is not to be qualified by considerations . .