The Law Reports (Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division)
[1955] P 133
[HIGH COURT OF CHIVALRY.]
MANCHESTER CORPORATION
v.
MANCHESTER PALACE OF VARIETIES LD.
1954 Dec. 21.
1955 Jan. 21.
1955 Jan. 21.
The Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal, Lord Goddard D.C.L. (sitting as Assessor and Surrogate).
Court of Chivalry
— Jurisdiction
— Existence
— Jurisdiction in matters relating to armorial bearings
— Right to bear arms a dignity not cognizable by the common law
— Jurisdiction of court in complaints relating to usurpation of armorial bearings
— Use of arms of city on common seal of company
— Display of arms of city in theatre
— Use of arms on common seal legitimate cause of complaint
— Display of arms as decoration not a ground for intervention
— 8 Ric. 2, c. 5
— 13 Ric. 2, st. 1, c. 2.