Practice Reports in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, Volume 4Joel Munsell, 1852 - Civil procedure |
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... judge of the County Courts , not the first judge nor of the decree of coun- sellor of the Supreme Court , and in a case where the statute required it to be signed by either the clerk , the first judge or some other judge being of the ...
... judge of the County Courts , not the first judge nor of the decree of coun- sellor of the Supreme Court , and in a case where the statute required it to be signed by either the clerk , the first judge or some other judge being of the ...
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... judge by the affidavit of the plaintiff , or of any other person , that suffi- cient grounds exist therefor . A copy of the affidavit must be served with the injunction . " The power to grant the injunction , so far as that power ...
... judge by the affidavit of the plaintiff , or of any other person , that suffi- cient grounds exist therefor . A copy of the affidavit must be served with the injunction . " The power to grant the injunction , so far as that power ...
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... Judge STRONG and Justices HUGHES and WRIGHT , December 15th , 1848. The defendant had been indicted during the pendency of the act relating to excise and to licensing retailers of intoxicating liquors , passed May 14th , 1845 , for ...
... Judge STRONG and Justices HUGHES and WRIGHT , December 15th , 1848. The defendant had been indicted during the pendency of the act relating to excise and to licensing retailers of intoxicating liquors , passed May 14th , 1845 , for ...
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... Judge Cowen , in the case of Butler v . Palmer , 1 Hill , 324 , and by Judge Whittlesey , in pro- nouncing the judgment of the late Supreme Court in the cases cited on the argument . As a general rule it would be obviously unjust to pun ...
... Judge Cowen , in the case of Butler v . Palmer , 1 Hill , 324 , and by Judge Whittlesey , in pro- nouncing the judgment of the late Supreme Court in the cases cited on the argument . As a general rule it would be obviously unjust to pun ...
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... judge . ( §§ 267 , 278. ) But taken in connection with § 278 , I am inclined to the opinion that judgment can now be entered upon a report of referees upon the whole issue , without the aid of a judge . But whether in cases coming ...
... judge . ( §§ 267 , 278. ) But taken in connection with § 278 , I am inclined to the opinion that judgment can now be entered upon a report of referees upon the whole issue , without the aid of a judge . But whether in cases coming ...
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Page 105 - ... the Constitution of the United States which prohibits a State from passing any law impairing the obligation of a contract.
Page 273 - In an action against several defendants, the court may, in its discretion, render judgment against one or more of them, leaving the action to proceed against the others, whenever a several judgment may be proper.
Page 58 - It is a familiar canon of construction that a thing which is within the intention of the makers of a statute is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter; and a thing which is within the letter of the statute is not within the statute unless it be within the intention of the makers.
Page 109 - No member of this State shall be disfranchised, or deprived of any of the rights or privileges secured to any citizen thereof, unless by the law of the land, or the judgment of his peers.
Page 157 - In all cases of a verification of a pleading, the affidavit of the party must state that the same is true of his own knowledge, except as to the matters which are therein stated on his information or belief, and as to those matters that he believes it to be true...
Page 32 - Where it appears by the complaint, that the plaintiff is entitled to the relief demanded, and such relief, or any part thereof, consists in restraining the commission or continuance of some act, the commission or continuance of which, during the litigation, would produce great or irreparable injury to the plaintiff...
Page 110 - Private roads may be opened in the manner to be prescribed by law ; but in every case the necessity of the road and the amount of all damage to be sustained by the opening thereof shall be first determined by a jury of freeholders, and such amount, together with the expenses of the proceeding, shall be paid by the person to be benefited.
Page 20 - The court may, before, or after judgment, in furtherance of justice, and on such terms as may be proper, amend any pleading, process, or proceeding, by adding or striking out the name of any party, or by correcting a mistake in the name of a party, or a mistake in any other respect, or by inserting other allegations material to the case, or, when the amendment does not change substantially the claim or defense, by conforming the pleading or proceeding to the facts proved.
Page 121 - A statement of the facts constituting the cause of action, in ordinary and concise language, without repetition, and in such a manner as to enable a person of common understanding to know what is intended.
Page 12 - This statute is in derogation of the common law, therefore it is not to be extended by implication or construction. "As a rule of exposition, statutes are to be construed in reference to the principles of the common law ; for it is not to be presumed that the legislature intended to make any innovation upon the common -law, further than the case absolutely required. The law rather infers that the act did not intend to make any alteration other than what is specified, and besides what has been plainly...