Howard's Practice Reports in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals of the State of New York, Volume 67William Gould & Son, 1884 - Civil procedure |
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... ground that the action had been terminated by the report of the referee , and that the court so held , as appears by the order made on the 21st of February , 1884 . In the case of Waters agt . Shepard ( 14 Hun , 223 ) , the general term ...
... ground that the action had been terminated by the report of the referee , and that the court so held , as appears by the order made on the 21st of February , 1884 . In the case of Waters agt . Shepard ( 14 Hun , 223 ) , the general term ...
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... ground , should be granted . The law , as thus declared , leaves a referee in an exceedingly defenceless position , but that is a matter which must be left for the consideratiou of the legislature , and I cannot , on account of the ...
... ground , should be granted . The law , as thus declared , leaves a referee in an exceedingly defenceless position , but that is a matter which must be left for the consideratiou of the legislature , and I cannot , on account of the ...
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... ground that the highway commissioners had no right to apportion their highway tax among districts other than those through which the road runs . The overseers of the highways in these districts made the returns required by law to the ...
... ground that the highway commissioners had no right to apportion their highway tax among districts other than those through which the road runs . The overseers of the highways in these districts made the returns required by law to the ...
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... ground that the appeal was a nullity , no final judgment having been entered when the appeal was taken from the order of reversal . James B. Dill ( Dill & Chandler , attorneys ) , for the motion . The order of the general term was not a ...
... ground that the appeal was a nullity , no final judgment having been entered when the appeal was taken from the order of reversal . James B. Dill ( Dill & Chandler , attorneys ) , for the motion . The order of the general term was not a ...
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... ground for believing it to be true . Where in an action brought by the wife against her husband to obtain a separation from him , and he sets up a counter - claim and alleges that his wife was guilty of adultery , and such allegation ...
... ground for believing it to be true . Where in an action brought by the wife against her husband to obtain a separation from him , and he sets up a counter - claim and alleges that his wife was guilty of adultery , and such allegation ...
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Page 231 - The answer of the defendant must contain: 1. A general or specific denial of each material allegation of the complaint controverted by the defendant, or of any knowledge or information thereof sufficient to form a belief.
Page 294 - By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in law, that is, the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband ; under whose wing, protection, and cover, she performs everything ; and is therefore called in our law French a.
Page 118 - ... if such a subscribing witness has forgotten the occurrence, or testifies against the execution of the will ; the will may nevertheless be established, upon proof of the handwriting of the testator, and of the subscribing witnesses, and also of such other circumstances as would be sufficient to prove the will upon the trial of an action.
Page 262 - A conviction cannot be had upon the testimony of an accomplice unless it be corroborated by such other evidence as shall tend to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense ; and the corroboration is not sufficient if it merely shows the commission of the offense or the circumstances thereof.
Page 205 - ... shall be jointly and severally liable for all the debts of the company then existing, and for all that shall be thereafter contracted...
Page 266 - A cause of action, arising out of the contract or transaction set forth in the complaint as the foundation of the plaintiff's claim, or connected with the subject of the action.
Page 28 - And if it be complained that by this inactivity of the Courts much injustice may be suffered, and much misery produced, the answer is, that Courts of Justice do not pretend to furnish cures for all the miseries of human life.
Page 140 - Every action must be prosecuted in the name of the real party in interest, except that an executor or administrator, a trustee of an express trust, or a person expressly authorized by statute, may sue, without joining with him the person for whose benefit the action is prosecuted. A person, with whom or in whose name, a contract is made for the benefit of another, is a trustee of an express trust, within the meaning of this section.
Page 140 - ... by the judgment, be made chargeable only upon the estate, fund, or party represented, unless the court shall direct the same to be paid by the plaintiff or defendant, personally, for mismanagement or bad faith in the action or defense.
Page 296 - A married woman may bargain, sell, assign and transfer her separate personal property, and carry on any trade or business, and perform any labor or services on her sole and separate account ; and the earnings of any married woman, from her trade, business, labor or services, shall be her sole and separate property, and may be used or invested by her in her own name...