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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... 652 , was several times seriously questioned by eminent English judges , notably by Lord Ellenborough in Brandram v . Wharton , 1 Barn . & Ald . 463 , it became the generally accepted Sept. 1894. ] 19 COWHICK v . SHINGLE .
... 652 , was several times seriously questioned by eminent English judges , notably by Lord Ellenborough in Brandram v . Wharton , 1 Barn . & Ald . 463 , it became the generally accepted Sept. 1894. ] 19 COWHICK v . SHINGLE .
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... judge is entitled to great weight and respect , his declarations even as to the common law are sim- ply persuasive authority . This brings us now to the consideration of our own statute , and before reviewing the authorities construing ...
... judge is entitled to great weight and respect , his declarations even as to the common law are sim- ply persuasive authority . This brings us now to the consideration of our own statute , and before reviewing the authorities construing ...
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... Judge Bliss , delivering the opinion of the court , and refer- ring to 101 the case of Shoemaker v . Benedict , 11 N. Y. 176 , 62 Am . Dec. 95 , says : " I confess it would be very difficult to reply to or resist the force of the ...
... Judge Bliss , delivering the opinion of the court , and refer- ring to 101 the case of Shoemaker v . Benedict , 11 N. Y. 176 , 62 Am . Dec. 95 , says : " I confess it would be very difficult to reply to or resist the force of the ...
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... Judges Thayer , Bunn , Hawley , and Gilbert have held in favor of the position of the plaintiff , that the limitation runs only from the time the cause of action ac- crues , although the policy reads a certain number of months after the ...
... Judges Thayer , Bunn , Hawley , and Gilbert have held in favor of the position of the plaintiff , that the limitation runs only from the time the cause of action ac- crues , although the policy reads a certain number of months after the ...
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... judge dissenting , says : " The loss should be deemed to occur when the company pays it , or may be lawfully called upon to pay it . The loss then , and not until then , prac- tically occurs to it . These words may in some clauses refer ...
... judge dissenting , says : " The loss should be deemed to occur when the company pays it , or may be lawfully called upon to pay it . The loss then , and not until then , prac- tically occurs to it . These words may in some clauses refer ...
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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.