Reports of Cases in Law and Equity in the Supreme Court of the State of New YorkGould, Banks & Gould, 1862 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... claim of the plaintiff . The judge at the trial held that the plaintiff , at the time of the levy and sale by the defendant , was the owner of the cheese and entitled to the possession thereof , and gave judgment for the plaintiff for ...
... claim of the plaintiff . The judge at the trial held that the plaintiff , at the time of the levy and sale by the defendant , was the owner of the cheese and entitled to the possession thereof , and gave judgment for the plaintiff for ...
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... claim to have any individual property , except one half interest in some old claims of previous firms of which he had been a member , and $ 10,000 due him from the firm of Bas- sett & Aborn for excess of capital contributed by him to ...
... claim to have any individual property , except one half interest in some old claims of previous firms of which he had been a member , and $ 10,000 due him from the firm of Bas- sett & Aborn for excess of capital contributed by him to ...
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... claims or debts , or any portion thereof , was collectable . As to the $ 10,000 debt claimed by Bassett to have been due him from the firm of Bassett & Aborn , it can hardly be said that the evidence in the case establishes that claim ...
... claims or debts , or any portion thereof , was collectable . As to the $ 10,000 debt claimed by Bassett to have been due him from the firm of Bassett & Aborn , it can hardly be said that the evidence in the case establishes that claim ...
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... claim by long acquiescence , or by the acceptance of goods of the assignee , well taken . The assignee has yet in his hands $ 2886 , and it is the object of this action to reach that money . If the plaintiffs had waited until the ...
... claim by long acquiescence , or by the acceptance of goods of the assignee , well taken . The assignee has yet in his hands $ 2886 , and it is the object of this action to reach that money . If the plaintiffs had waited until the ...
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... claim , " appears to me to be contradicted by the evidence , and to be clearly erroneous . Upon the whole case , my conclusion is that the judgment below should be reversed and a new trial ordered ; costs to abide the event . New trial ...
... claim , " appears to me to be contradicted by the evidence , and to be clearly erroneous . Upon the whole case , my conclusion is that the judgment below should be reversed and a new trial ordered ; costs to abide the event . New trial ...
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adverse possession affirmed agent agreement alleged amount appeal applied assignment authority Barb bill bills of exchange bond and mortgage canals cause of action charge claim complaint contract court creditors damages debt deceased deed defendant defendant's counsel delivered demurrer devise Disosway entitled evidence execution executor fact fendant fraud fund grant ground heirs held indorsed intended interest Irving Bank Jabez Jane Coope judge judgment jury justice land legislature liable lien mandamus ment mortgage N. Y. Rep owner paid parties partnership payment plaintiff possession premises proceedings provisions purchase question Rail Road Company real estate received recover referee refused ringbones rule sell Seventh Ward sold special term statute statute of frauds street suit testator thereof tiff tion transaction trial trust usurious valid vendor verdict void warranty Wend William Kent YORK GENERAL TERM
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Page 647 - THE righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: And merciful men are taken away, none considering That the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
Page 652 - That hangs his head, and a' that! The coward slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that! For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure, and a' that; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The Man's the gowd for a
Page 658 - Look on its broken arch, its ruin'd wall, Its chambers desolate, and portals foul : Yes, this was once Ambition's airy hall, The dome of Thought, the palace of the Soul: Behold through each lack-lustre, eyeless hole, The gay recess of Wisdom and of Wit And Passion's host, that never brook'd control : Can all saint, sage, or sophist ever writ, People this lonely tower, this tenement refit ? VII. Well didst thou speak, Athena's wisest son ! "All that we know is, nothing can be known.
Page 529 - For the purpose of constituting an adverse possession by a person claiming title, not founded upon a written instrument, judgment, or decree, land is deemed to have been possessed and occupied in the following cases only: 1.
Page 174 - The defendant may demur to the complaint within the time required in the summons to answer, when it appears upon the face thereof, either— 1. That the court has no jurisdiction of the person of the defendant, or the subject of the action ; or, 2.
Page 275 - ... that an agent employed to sell cannot make himself the purchaser, nor, if employed to purchase, can he be himself the seller.
Page 481 - ... specifying its width and location, courses and distances, and the names of the owners and occupants of the land through which it is proposed to be laid out.
Page 122 - Whenever the act done takes effect as. to some purposes, and is void as to persons who have an interest in impeaching it, the act is not a nullity, and therefore, in a legal sense, is not utterly void, but merely voidable.
Page 132 - The legislature shall not sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of any of the canals of the state ; but they shall remain the property of the state and under its management forever.
Page 625 - Upon this ground, therefore, as well as that before considered, the judgment of the Supreme Court must be reversed; and there must be a new trial, with costs to abide the event.