Lawyers' Reports Annotated, Book 6Lawyers' Co-operative Publishing Company, 1890 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 47
... interest , especially of his mother , who , quite possibly , had a legal right as tenant for life to cut off all the timber , that being the main profit of the land . Williard v . Williard , 56 Pa . 119 . This being so , his right to ...
... interest , especially of his mother , who , quite possibly , had a legal right as tenant for life to cut off all the timber , that being the main profit of the land . Williard v . Williard , 56 Pa . 119 . This being so , his right to ...
Page 54
... interest , being for advances here- tofore made , with interest , as well as for a $ 1,000 additional to be advanced . Motion car- ried . This was an explicit direction to execute a note for $ 9,000 and interest , and no more . The ...
... interest , being for advances here- tofore made , with interest , as well as for a $ 1,000 additional to be advanced . Motion car- ried . This was an explicit direction to execute a note for $ 9,000 and interest , and no more . The ...
Page 61
... interest in There the bridge on which the plaintiff was injured was erected over a meandered stream without authority of law . Public highways extended to the bridge at either end thereof , and were connected by the bridge . It had In ...
... interest in There the bridge on which the plaintiff was injured was erected over a meandered stream without authority of law . Public highways extended to the bridge at either end thereof , and were connected by the bridge . It had In ...
Page 62
... interest , and being under no obliga- tion , pays off the mortgage , or advances money for its payment , at the instance of a debtor party and for his benefit . Such a person is in no true sense a mere stranger and volunteer . 3 Pom ...
... interest , and being under no obliga- tion , pays off the mortgage , or advances money for its payment , at the instance of a debtor party and for his benefit . Such a person is in no true sense a mere stranger and volunteer . 3 Pom ...
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... interest . Shall it be held that a public record of this character shall not be evidence in a judicial proceeding tending to prove the facts found to be true on the face of such record ? We are not prepared to adopt a rule of that kind ...
... interest . Shall it be held that a public record of this character shall not be evidence in a judicial proceeding tending to prove the facts found to be true on the face of such record ? We are not prepared to adopt a rule of that kind ...
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Page 156 - ... uniform in respect to persons and property, within the jurisdiction of the body imposing the same.
Page 328 - That religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other.
Page 254 - ... the practice, pleadings, and forms and modes of proceeding existing at the time in like causes in the courts of record of the State within which such circuit or district courts are held, any rule of court to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 328 - Because we hold it for a fundamental and undeniable truth, "that Religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator and the Manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence.
Page 154 - When the death of one is caused by the wrongful act or omission of another, the personal representatives of the former may maintain an action therefor against the latter, if the former might have maintained an action, had he lived, against the latter for an injury for the same act or omission.
Page 355 - ... signed by the testator, or by some person in his presence, and by his express direction, and attested and subscribed in the presence of the testator by two or more competent witnesses...
Page 393 - Where a known, described, and defined article is ordered of a manufacturer, although it is stated to be required by the purchaser for a particular purpose, still, if the known, defined, and described thing be actually supplied, there is no warranty that it shall answer the particular purpose intended by the buyer.
Page 152 - It is well settled in this commonwealth that the charge of fraudulent intent, in an action for deceit, may be maintained by proof of a statement made, as of the party's own knowledge, which is false, provided the thing stated is not merely a matter of opinion, estimate, or judgment, but is susceptible of actual knowledge ; and in such case it is not necessary to make any further proof of an actual intent to deceive.
Page 154 - ... for any injury to the person or rights of another not arising from contract and not herein specifically enumerated.
Page 208 - A writ of review may be granted by any court, except a police or justice's court, when an inferior tribunal, board, or officer, exercising judicial functions, has exceeded the jurisdiction of such tribunal, board, or officer, and there is no appeal, nor, in the judgment of the court, any plain, speedy, and adequate remedy.