The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and Authority Subsequent to Those Contained in the "American Decisions" [1760-1869] and the "American Reports" [1869-1887] Decided in the Courts of Last Resort of the Several States [1886-1911], Volume 63Abraham Clark Freeman Bancroft-Whitney Company, 1898 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 69
... appellant . K. S. Mahon and Lawrence Schillig , for the respondent . 41 MCFARLAND , J. This is an appeal by an insolvent debtor from an order of the superior court denying his petition to have set apart to his use " one Holt Bros ...
... appellant . K. S. Mahon and Lawrence Schillig , for the respondent . 41 MCFARLAND , J. This is an appeal by an insolvent debtor from an order of the superior court denying his petition to have set apart to his use " one Holt Bros ...
Page 117
... appellant's brief that the correctness of the rule is questioned in a case like the pres- ent one . There can be no doubt but that this is the rule in this state : Civ . Code , secs . 2899 , 3433. See , also , Kent v . Williams , 114 ...
... appellant's brief that the correctness of the rule is questioned in a case like the pres- ent one . There can be no doubt but that this is the rule in this state : Civ . Code , secs . 2899 , 3433. See , also , Kent v . Williams , 114 ...
Page 140
... appellant . The demand was not an asset of the estate in the sense claimed and to the exclu- sion of appellant's right of setoff . As was said in Richardson v . Parker , 2 Swan , 529 : " The notes and accounts of the de- ceased are not ...
... appellant . The demand was not an asset of the estate in the sense claimed and to the exclu- sion of appellant's right of setoff . As was said in Richardson v . Parker , 2 Swan , 529 : " The notes and accounts of the de- ceased are not ...
Page 143
... appellant , they did not operate to change the findings in 533 the case as theretofore existing . After findings have been filed , and judgment entered thereon , there is but one method by which those findings can be competently changed ...
... appellant , they did not operate to change the findings in 533 the case as theretofore existing . After findings have been filed , and judgment entered thereon , there is but one method by which those findings can be competently changed ...
Page 165
... appellant appealed . Horatio Davis , for the appellant . 174 CARTER , J. The bill fails to show whether the two tracts of land mentioned , or either of them , are located within the limits of an incorporated town , but assuming that ...
... appellant appealed . Horatio Davis , for the appellant . 174 CARTER , J. The bill fails to show whether the two tracts of land mentioned , or either of them , are located within the limits of an incorporated town , but assuming that ...
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Page 611 - The counsel for the appellee would limit it to traffic, to buying and selling, or the interchange of commodities, and do not admit that it comprehends navigation.
Page 448 - ... act, matter or thing in this act prohibited or declared to be unlawful...
Page 612 - Again, it has been stated that "commerce among the states consists of intercourse and traffic between their citizens, and includes the transportation of persons and property, and the navigation of public waters for that purpose, as well as the purchase, sale, and exchange of commodities.
Page 173 - ... shall be appointed for one year, one for two years, one for three years, one for four years, and one for five years.
Page 163 - ... shall not be alienated without the joint consent of husband and wife, when that relation exists; but no property shall be exempt from sale for taxes, or for the payment of obligations contracted for the purchase of said premises, or for the erection of improvements thereon...
Page 240 - A charity, in the legal sense, may be more fully defined as a gift, to be applied, consistently with existing laws, for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons, either by bringing their minds or hearts under the influence of education or religion, by relieving their bodies from disease, suffering or constraint, by assisting them to establish themselves in life, or by erecting or maintaining public buildings or works or otherwise lessening the burdens of government.
Page 886 - Where parties, without any fraud or mistake, have deliberately put their engagements in writing, the law declares the writing to be not only the best, but the only, evidence of their agreement.
Page 455 - ... if any change, other than by the death of an insured, take place in the interest, title, or possession of the subject of insurance (except change of occupants without increase of hazard), whether by legal process or judgment or by voluntary act of the insured, or otherwise...
Page 953 - ... no officer, agent, or other representative of the company shall have power to waive any provision or condition of this policy...
Page 228 - March 1, 1914, leaving a last will and testament which was duly admitted to probate in the superior court of the county of Los Angeles.