The Southeastern Reporter, Volume 46West Publishing Company, 1904 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... hold special terms of the superior court in any coun- ty , and section 914 provides that when it shall appear to the Governor , by certificate of a judge or board of county commissioners , that there is such an accumulation of criminal ...
... hold special terms of the superior court in any coun- ty , and section 914 provides that when it shall appear to the Governor , by certificate of a judge or board of county commissioners , that there is such an accumulation of criminal ...
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... hold real estate , and to enjoy the usual privi- leges of a corporation . That all acts and doings of said board within the scope of their duty or authority are declared to be obliga- tory upon , and be in law considered as if done by ...
... hold real estate , and to enjoy the usual privi- leges of a corporation . That all acts and doings of said board within the scope of their duty or authority are declared to be obliga- tory upon , and be in law considered as if done by ...
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... hold and operate the same upon the trusts aforesaid as such acts pro- vide ; ( 2 ) that the threatened bond issue and mortgage of said property and pledge of said rents and tolls is violative of the rights of the city of Charlotte , and ...
... hold and operate the same upon the trusts aforesaid as such acts pro- vide ; ( 2 ) that the threatened bond issue and mortgage of said property and pledge of said rents and tolls is violative of the rights of the city of Charlotte , and ...
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... hold that cor- porate property pledged to the payment of bonds may not be diverted from that pur- pose , says : " They simply hold that an act of the Legislature passed after a contract is made which withdraws property then liable to be ...
... hold that cor- porate property pledged to the payment of bonds may not be diverted from that pur- pose , says : " They simply hold that an act of the Legislature passed after a contract is made which withdraws property then liable to be ...
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... hold Mrs. Holmes responsible . As before stated , the note was made by A. G. Bookman , payable to the order of Dr. S. W. Bookhart , and was in- dorsed by Mrs. M. A. Bookman and Mrs. M. A. Holmes , who thereby intended to become ...
... hold Mrs. Holmes responsible . As before stated , the note was made by A. G. Bookman , payable to the order of Dr. S. W. Bookhart , and was in- dorsed by Mrs. M. A. Bookman and Mrs. M. A. Holmes , who thereby intended to become ...
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Page 356 - The general principle announced in numerous cases is that a right, question or fact distinctly put in issue and directly determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, as a ground of recovery, cannot be disputed in a subsequent suit between the same partes or their privies; and even if the second suit is for a different cause of action, the right, question or fact once so determined must, as between the same parties or their privies, be taken as conclusively established, so long as the judgment...
Page 240 - And it appears in our books, that in many cases, the common law will control acts of parliament, and sometimes adjudge them to be utterly void ; for when an act of parliament is against common right and reason, or repugnant, or impossible to be performed, the common law will control it, and adjudge such act to be void ; and therefore in 8 E 330 ab Thomas Tregor's case on the statutes of W.
Page 271 - that the use and navigation of the river Ohio, so far as the territory of the proposed state, or the territory which shall remain within the limits of this Commonwealth lies thereon, shall be free and common to the citizens of the United States...
Page 331 - But a mere intruder cannot enter on a person actually seized and eject him, and then question his title or set up an outstanding title in another. The maxim that the plaintiff must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of the defendant's, is applicable to all actions for the recovery of property.
Page 187 - It is a general and undisputed proposition of law that a municipal corporation possesses and can exercise the following powers, and no others : First, those granted in express words; second, those necessarily or fairly implied in or incident to the powers expressly granted; third, those essential to the accomplishment of the declared objects and purposes of the corporation, — not simply convenient, but indispensable.
Page 428 - Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear To dig the dust enclosed here. Blessed be the man that spares these stones And cursed be he that moves my bones.
Page 383 - ... when the legislature has sanctioned and authorized the use of a particular thing, and it is used for the purpose for which it was authorized, and every precaution has been observed to prevent injury, the sanction of the legislature carries with it this consequence, that if damage results from the use of such thing independently of negligence, the party using it is not responsible.
Page 48 - York, on the first day of its next session, a copy of the record in this suit, and for paying all costs that may be awarded by said circuit court, if said court shall hold that this suit was wrongfully or improperly removed thereto.
Page 44 - All of the following elements must be present in order to an estoppel by conduct: (1) There must have been a representation or concealment of material facts; (2) the representation must have been made with knowledge of the facts; (3) the party to whom it was made must have been ignorant of the truth of the matter; (4) it must have been made with the intention that the other party should act upon it; (5) the other party must have been induced to act upon it.
Page 319 - When, therefore, the record states the evidence or makes an averment with reference to a jurisdictional fact, it will be understood to speak the truth on that point, and it will not be presumed that there was other or different evidence respecting the fact, or that the fact was otherwise than as averred.