Example sentences of "that [pron] [be] no consideration for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ltd. v. Conservators of the River Thames ( 1899 ) 15 T.L.R. 474 Phillimore J. held that the steamship company was entitled to recover a charge for making use of the conservators ' pier facilities which was greater than that authorised by statute , the ground being simply that there was no consideration for the payment without any further reasoning . |
| 2 | But a formidable argument has been developed in recent years by leading academic lawyers that this stream of authority should be the subject of reinterpretation to reveal a different line of thought pointing to the conclusion that money paid to a public authority pursuant to an ultra vires demand should be repayable , without the necessity of establishing compulsion , on the simple ground that there was no consideration for the payment . |
| 3 | Ltd. v. Conservators of the River Thames , 15 T.L.R. 474 , Phillimore J. founded his decision on the fact that there was no consideration for the payment . |
| 4 | The plaintiff demurred that there was no consideration for the agreement between the deceased and the defendant . |
| 5 | The defendant demurred on the ground that there was no consideration for the promise . |
| 6 | The husband disputes the claim , on the ground that there was no consideration for his promise . |
| 7 | The defence to the action was that there was no consideration for the promise of payment , it being the duty of the county council to supply police protection ; there was also a counterclaim for £1,330 4s. , the cost of feeding and housing the police supplied . |
| 8 | Fourth plea , that the plaintiff 's marriage with Ellen Nicholl had been arranged before the alleged agreement without any request from the testator and that there was no consideration for the alleged agreement . |
| 9 | The defence was that there was no consideration for the promise because the plaintiff was bound by his existing contract to assist in sailing the ship . |
| 10 | If they were wrong about that , they agreed that there was no consideration for a promise to forgo the interest . |