Reports of Cases Decided in the Court of Appeals of the State of New York, Volume 33New York (State). Court of Appeals, George Franklin Comstock, Henry Rogers Selden, Francis Kernan, Erasmus Peshine Smith, Joel Tiffany, Edward Jordan Dimock, Samuel Hand, Edmund Hamilton Smith, Hiram Edward Sickels, Louis J. Rezzemini, Edwin Augustus Bedell, Alvah S. Newcomb, James Newton Fiero Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, 1866 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 57
... intention to bring about that which naturally and reason- ably results from his acts . Now the result of this contrivance was to compel the plaintiff to pay , and to enable the bank to receive , more than fourteen per cent upon the ...
... intention to bring about that which naturally and reason- ably results from his acts . Now the result of this contrivance was to compel the plaintiff to pay , and to enable the bank to receive , more than fourteen per cent upon the ...
Page 75
... intention to prove payment any other way than by cash . It was wholly silent as to the agreement , and the facts stated therein , and as to the renewal and performance of it by Pomeroy , as sworn to by him ; and none of these matters ...
... intention to prove payment any other way than by cash . It was wholly silent as to the agreement , and the facts stated therein , and as to the renewal and performance of it by Pomeroy , as sworn to by him ; and none of these matters ...
Page 79
... intention to introduce such evidence ; and after the evidence was closed , their counsel moved to strike out of the case all the testimony respecting the agreement , and what was done under it , on the ground that such testimony did not ...
... intention to introduce such evidence ; and after the evidence was closed , their counsel moved to strike out of the case all the testimony respecting the agreement , and what was done under it , on the ground that such testimony did not ...
Page 88
... intention to fraudulently entrap him into the purchase of the note at a usurious rate , under a belief that it was business paper , and then claim it was accommodation paper ; and to protect himself plaintiff gave his note for $ 13.75 ...
... intention to fraudulently entrap him into the purchase of the note at a usurious rate , under a belief that it was business paper , and then claim it was accommodation paper ; and to protect himself plaintiff gave his note for $ 13.75 ...
Page 98
... intention , " then it is given " to the people of the State of Virginia , instead of the people of the United States , provided they , by acts of their legislature , accept it and carry it out as herein directed . " " And should the ...
... intention , " then it is given " to the people of the State of Virginia , instead of the people of the United States , provided they , by acts of their legislature , accept it and carry it out as herein directed . " " And should the ...
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Page 564 - And be it further enacted, that every will shall be construed, with reference to the real estate and personal estate comprised in it, to speak and take effect as if it had been executed immediately before the death of the testator, unless a contrary intention shall appear by the will.
Page 236 - Nothing herein shall be construed to exempt the real property of associations from either State, county or municipal taxes, to the same extent, according to its value, as other real property is taxed...
Page 207 - All subjects over which the sovereign power of a state extends, are objects of taxation; but those over which it does not extend, are, upon the soundest principles, exempt from taxation.
Page 670 - No person or corporation shall, directly or indirectly, take or receive any money, goods or things in action, or in any other way, any greater sum or greater value for the loan or forbearance of any money, goods or things in action, than is above prescribed.
Page 220 - ... that the taxation shall not be at a greater rate than is assessed upon other moneyed capital in the hands of individual citizens of such state...
Page 690 - An action is an ordinary proceeding in a court of justice, by which a party prosecutes another party for the enforcement or protection of a right, the redress or prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offence. § 3. Every other remedy is a special proceeding.
Page 207 - The sovereignty of a state extends to everything which exists by its own authority, or is introduced by its permission; but does it extend to those means which are employed by congress to carry into execution powers conferred on that body by the people of the United States?
Page 206 - This opinion does not deprive the States of any resources which they originally possessed. It does not extend to a tax paid by the real property of the bank, in common with the other real property within the State, nor to a tax imposed on the interest which the citizens of Maryland may hold in this institution, in common with other property of the same description throughout the State.
Page 205 - Provided, That nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent all the shares in any of the said associations, held by any person or body corporate, from being included in the valuation of the personal property of such person or corporation, in the assessment of taxes imposed by or under State authority...
Page 406 - ... shall be construed to include any real estate, or any real estate to which such description shall extend (as the case may be), which he may have power to appoint in any manner he may think proper, and shall operate as an execution of such power, unless a contrary intention shall appear by the will...