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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... reference to all its provisions , like any other con- tract . And it may not be gainsaid that the condition of a policy should be construed , if possible , so as not to defeat the claim of the assured , which , in effecting the ...
... reference to all its provisions , like any other con- tract . And it may not be gainsaid that the condition of a policy should be construed , if possible , so as not to defeat the claim of the assured , which , in effecting the ...
Page 46
... reference to accident policies . Some cases on fire insurance hold that the limitation commences to run from the date of the fire , loss , or damage : Chambers v . Atlas Ins . Co. , 51 Conn . 17 ; 50 Am . Rep . 1 ; State Ins . Co. v ...
... reference to accident policies . Some cases on fire insurance hold that the limitation commences to run from the date of the fire , loss , or damage : Chambers v . Atlas Ins . Co. , 51 Conn . 17 ; 50 Am . Rep . 1 ; State Ins . Co. v ...
Page 56
... reference to the question of such priority or preference . It seems that if Kent , the in- solvent assignor , is a debtor to the state and to the county of Laramie , his debt to either of them cannot be extinguished by a partial payment ...
... reference to the question of such priority or preference . It seems that if Kent , the in- solvent assignor , is a debtor to the state and to the county of Laramie , his debt to either of them cannot be extinguished by a partial payment ...
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... reference to the former will be treated both by the courts administering the criminal laws and by those admin- istering the civil as insane , while in respect to the latter he will be held responsible in the criminal courts for crimes ...
... reference to the former will be treated both by the courts administering the criminal laws and by those admin- istering the civil as insane , while in respect to the latter he will be held responsible in the criminal courts for crimes ...
Page 89
... reference to ill - will , prejudice , or hatred entertained by the testator toward one of his relatives , it was held that such instruction was erroneous and prejudicial , the court saying : " While ill - will , prejudice , hatred , or ...
... reference to ill - will , prejudice , or hatred entertained by the testator toward one of his relatives , it was held that such instruction was erroneous and prejudicial , the court saying : " While ill - will , prejudice , hatred , or ...
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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.