parte Taylor In re Goldsmid 18 Q.B.D. 215, Sharp v. Jackson (1819) Appeal Cases 419, In re, Lake Ex parte Dyer ... leading case of the House of Lords in Sharp v. Jackson (1899) A.C. 419 at p. 422, Earl of Halsbury L.C., referred
accepted and was approved by the House of Lords in Sharp v. Jackson (1899) A.C. 419 several years before that section was re-enacted ... Trustees v. Hunting (1897) 2 Q.B. 19 which has since been affirmed by the House of Lords sub notn. Sharp v. Jackson
Butcher v. Stead (1875) 7 H.L. 839 : 44 L.J. Bk. 129 : 33 L.T. 541 : 24 W.R. 463; Sharp v. Jackson ... v. Stead (1875) 7 H.L. 839 : 44 L.J. Bk. 120 : 33 L.T. 541 : 24 W.R. 463 and Sharp v. Jackson
benefit? In the words of Lord Macnaughten, in Sharp v. Jackson (1899) A.C. 419 : Was the debtor under an overwhelming sense of imminent peril ... there is no preference. Lord Halsbury cites with approval, in Sharp v. Jackson (1899) A.C. 419, the following observations of Lord Cairns in Butcher
benefit ? In the words of Lord Macnaghten in Sharp v. Jackson (3) was the debtor under an overwhelming sense of imminent peril ? Did he have ... there is no preference. Lord Halsbury cites with approval in Sharp v. Jackson (1899) AC 419 at 427. the following observations of Lord Cairns
seems to us does not fall within the principle of Sharp v. Jackson (1899) A.C. 419. where the object of the payment
Sharp v. Jackson, (1899) A.C.419 and Lake, in re Dyer Ex
Parte, (1901)1 K.B. 710, referred to.
JUDGMENT:
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION ... said by the Earl of Halsbury, L.C.,
in Sharp v. Jackson(2):
"It has been suggested that there was a
proposition which could
dominant view try give a preference to a particular creditor? See Sharp v. Jackson ... creditors.
13. The law on the point is clear, see Sharp v. Jackson
been for the decision of the House O Lords in Sharp v. Jackson [1899] A. which seemed to render a trial on a charge ... penal provisions of the Act was that, in view of Sharp v. Jackson [1899] A.C. 419, he reluctantly concluded that criminal proceedings could
following the earlier case of Dunne v. Doran, (1844) 13 Ir Eq R. 545, it was held:
"It is a breanch of the doctrine ... simple contract debt" (See 2 Ir. Ch Rep 648). Sharp v. Jackson, (1899) A.C. 419 was a case of construction of section
