Sir George Jessel
historical figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
Jessel
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The Genius of the Common Law
Eminent equity lawyer said to have underrated the resources of the Common Law, according to Bowen.
But, while Bramwell declared that he could attach no meaning to constructive fraud (having satisfied himself, presumably, that the constructive possession and constructive delivery of modern commercial law were simpler notions), Bowen could, with the utmost courtesy, and more justly and profitably, point out that Jessel, surpassed by none among recent equity lawyers, and perhaps equaled only by Ca …
The Law of Torts
Judge whose dicta are cited as evidence that judges enforced the actio personalis maxim reluctantly.
For the rest, the dicta of the late Sir George Jessel and of the Lords Justices are such as to make it evident that the maxim which they felt bound to enforce was far from commanding their approval.