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Vintners’ Company v Passey KB: 1756

A power vested in the master, and wardens, of a, company, by a by-law, to elect such, and so many, freemen, as they shall see meet, to be of the livery, to levy a penalty for refusal, and co, is legal, and cannot be used oppressively : any undue exercise of it being properly to be submitted on a plea of nil debet; and notice of a Court is not requisite to a member of the company.

Citations:

[1756] EngR 44, (1756) 1 Keny 500, (1756) 96 ER 1070

Links:

Commonlii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Company

Updated: 06 December 2022; Ref: scu.377420

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