Lawyers' Reports Annotated, Book 6Lawyers' Co-operative Publishing Company, 1890 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 49
... question whether the defendants ' order was properly and legally executed . If the purchase had been of 400 hectolitres only , shipped in separate hold , there could be no question as to the defendants ' liability for the price . What ...
... question whether the defendants ' order was properly and legally executed . If the purchase had been of 400 hectolitres only , shipped in separate hold , there could be no question as to the defendants ' liability for the price . What ...
Page 51
... question if a treas- them arising from it , and assented to it , it be - urer's deed , under such circumstances , is ... question . The par- ticular facts in brief are that Mahony went to the treasurer and asked the amount necessary to ...
... question if a treas- them arising from it , and assented to it , it be - urer's deed , under such circumstances , is ... question . The par- ticular facts in brief are that Mahony went to the treasurer and asked the amount necessary to ...
Page 67
... question arose whether the evidence of a witness taken before the coroner could be used to contradict the evidence of the same witness subsequently given on a trial in court . In considering the question , it is said : " The testimony ...
... question arose whether the evidence of a witness taken before the coroner could be used to contradict the evidence of the same witness subsequently given on a trial in court . In considering the question , it is said : " The testimony ...
Page 80
... question raised here . Their insistence is that while dying declarations are , under cer- tain circumstances and restrictions , received as evidence , the deceased does not become eo nom- ine a witness , in the ordinary acceptation of ...
... question raised here . Their insistence is that while dying declarations are , under cer- tain circumstances and restrictions , received as evidence , the deceased does not become eo nom- ine a witness , in the ordinary acceptation of ...
Page 81
... question involved in an action of trespass , but in this case , as the defendant claims title , the plaintiff must prove actual exclusive possession , adverse and under a claim of right , for a period of fifteen years last past before ...
... question involved in an action of trespass , but in this case , as the defendant claims title , the plaintiff must prove actual exclusive possession , adverse and under a claim of right , for a period of fifteen years last past before ...
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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.