Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, Volume 11Tribune Company Press, 1878 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... court of equity , impressed on these twenty - one lots the character of personality , and that upon his death his interest in these lots would have passed to his personal representitive as personalty , and not to his heirs as reality ...
... court of equity , impressed on these twenty - one lots the character of personality , and that upon his death his interest in these lots would have passed to his personal representitive as personalty , and not to his heirs as reality ...
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... court of equity , no right or interest in the land . See Siter , Price & Co. v . McClanahan , & c . , 2 Gratt . , 313 , 314. And should the grantor so elect , he might by applying to a court of equity compel the trustee to convey to him ...
... court of equity , no right or interest in the land . See Siter , Price & Co. v . McClanahan , & c . , 2 Gratt . , 313 , 314. And should the grantor so elect , he might by applying to a court of equity compel the trustee to convey to him ...
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West Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals, Edgar P. Rucker. 1877 . June Term . Zane v . Zane et al . or would not operate in a court of equity to transfer their claim to the proceeds of the sale of such land , when such sale was made by ...
West Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals, Edgar P. Rucker. 1877 . June Term . Zane v . Zane et al . or would not operate in a court of equity to transfer their claim to the proceeds of the sale of such land , when such sale was made by ...
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... court of equity , is not an absolute sale in Virginia or in this state , and that it does not become absolute , until the sale is confirmed by the court ; that the court may in the exercise of a sound discretion either affirm or set ...
... court of equity , is not an absolute sale in Virginia or in this state , and that it does not become absolute , until the sale is confirmed by the court ; that the court may in the exercise of a sound discretion either affirm or set ...
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... direct ; and for further proceedings to be had therein , ac- cording to the principles of this opinion , and the rules governing courts of equity . DECREE REVERSED and cause remanded . 11 122 34 185 11 122 36 16 11 122 16 OF WEST VIRGINIA .
... direct ; and for further proceedings to be had therein , ac- cording to the principles of this opinion , and the rules governing courts of equity . DECREE REVERSED and cause remanded . 11 122 34 185 11 122 36 16 11 122 16 OF WEST VIRGINIA .
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Page 812 - ... fetter and degrade the State governments by subjecting them to the control of Congress in the exercise of powers heretofore universally conceded to them of the most ordinary and fundamental character; when in fact it radically changes the whole theory of the relations of the State and Federal governments to each other, and of these governments to the people...
Page 770 - all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall have the same right in every State and Territory to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, give evidence, and to the full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of persons and property as is enjoyed by white citizens and shall be subject to like punishment, pains, penalties, taxes, licenses, and exactions of every kind, and to no other.
Page 811 - subject to its jurisdiction" was intended to exclude from its operation children of ministers, consuls, and citizens or subjects of foreign States born within the United States.
Page 748 - That all persons born in the United States and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians not taxed, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States...
Page 813 - We doubt very much whether any action of a State not directed, by way of discrimination, against the negroes as a class, or on account of their race, will ever be held to come within the purview of this provision.
Page 2 - No county, city, township, school district, or other municipal corporation, shall be allowed to become indebted in any manner or for any purpose, to an amount, including existing indebtedness, in the aggregate exceeding five per centum on the value of the taxable property therein, to be ascertained by the last assessment for the state and county taxes, previous to the incurring of such indebtedness.
Page 811 - It is a little remarkable, if this clause was intended as a protection to the citizen of a state against the legislative power of his own state, that the word citizen of the state should be left out when it is so carefully used, and used in contradistinction to citizens of the United States...
Page 816 - ... adds nothing to the rights of one citizen as against another. It simply furnishes an additional guaranty against any encroachment by the States upon the fundamental rights which belong to every citizen as a member of society.
Page 337 - Guilty afterwards pleaded by the said Samuel A. Worcester; whereby the said' Samuel A. Worcester is sentenced to hard labor in the penitentiary of the State of Georgia, ought to be reversed and annulled. And this Court, proceeding to render such Judgment as the said Superior Court of the State of Georgia should have rendered, it is...
Page 801 - States to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, and give evidence, to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold and convey real and personal property, and to full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains and penalties, and to none other, any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding.