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 85Abraham Clark Freeman Bancroft-Whitney Company, 1902 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... fact that she rented out the place for some years did not work an abandonment of those rights : Inge v . Murphy , 14 Ala . 289 ; Oakley v . Oakley , 30 Ala . 131. Possession so held by the widow is in subordination to the title of the ...
... fact that she rented out the place for some years did not work an abandonment of those rights : Inge v . Murphy , 14 Ala . 289 ; Oakley v . Oakley , 30 Ala . 131. Possession so held by the widow is in subordination to the title of the ...
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... fact as to nature of her occupation rather than for a conclusion as to the adverse char- acter of her claim . Whether answers to the question irrespon- sively involved such conclusion it is unnecessary to consider , for only the ...
... fact as to nature of her occupation rather than for a conclusion as to the adverse char- acter of her claim . Whether answers to the question irrespon- sively involved such conclusion it is unnecessary to consider , for only the ...
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... fact of the insolvency of the Alabama Terminal and Im- provement Company is sufficiently proven by the evidence . But this fact is immaterial under the view we take of this case ; for if it be true that Henderson received the assets of ...
... fact of the insolvency of the Alabama Terminal and Im- provement Company is sufficiently proven by the evidence . But this fact is immaterial under the view we take of this case ; for if it be true that Henderson received the assets of ...
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... fact , been transferred to these complainants . True , the assignment to Hall and Farley , as trustees , shows fcur ... facts , viz . , that on March 23 , 1891 , Henderson sent to the Farley Bank a note of Woolfolk to him , in the sum of ...
... fact , been transferred to these complainants . True , the assignment to Hall and Farley , as trustees , shows fcur ... facts , viz . , that on March 23 , 1891 , Henderson sent to the Farley Bank a note of Woolfolk to him , in the sum of ...
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... fact that Henderson accepted money in part payment of his alleged debt against Woolfolk and Saportas , known to him to be funds belonging to the corporation 492 of which he was a director and its treasurer , whose duty as an officer ...
... fact that Henderson accepted money in part payment of his alleged debt against Woolfolk and Saportas , known to him to be funds belonging to the corporation 492 of which he was a director and its treasurer , whose duty as an officer ...
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Page 841 - ... in every such action the jury may give such damages as they may think proportioned to the injury resulting from such death to the parties respectively for whom and for whose benefit such action shall be brought...
Page 536 - The taking, receiving, reserving, or charging a rate of interest greater than is allowed by the preceding section, when knowingly done, shall be deemed a forfeiture of the entire interest which the note, bill, or other evidence of debt carries with it, or which has been agreed to be paid thereon.
Page 841 - Whensoever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect, or default, and the act, neglect, or default is such as would (if death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof...
Page 126 - THIS INDENTURE, made this day of , in the year One thousand, nine hundred and , between of , the party of the first part...
Page 921 - That the Circuit Courts of the United States shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several States, of all suits of a civil nature, at common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs, the sum or value of two thousand dollars, and arising under the Constitution or laws of the United States...
Page 158 - All citizens of the United States shall have the same right, in every State and Territory, as is enjoyed by white citizens thereof to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property.
Page 534 - In case the greater rate of interest has been paid, the person by whom it has been paid, or his legal representatives, may recover back, in an action in the nature of an action of debt, twice the amount of the interest thus paid from the association taking or receiving the same ; provided such action is commenced within two years from the time the usurious transaction occurred.
Page 226 - No corporation shall engage in any business other than that expressly authorized in its charter, nor shall it take or hold any real estate except such as may be necessary and proper for its legitimate business.
Page 409 - That all levies, judgments, attachments, or other liens, obtained through legal proceedings against a person who is insolvent, at any time within four months prior to the filing of a petition in bankruptcy against him, shall be deemed null and void in case he is adjudged a bankrupt, and the property affected by the levy, judgment, attachment, or other lien shall be deemed wholly discharged and released from the same, and shall pass to the trustee as a part of the estate of the bankrupt...
Page 926 - ... is meant one which, following the forms of law, is appropriate to the case, and just to the parties to be affected. It must be pursued in the ordinary mode prescribed by the law; it must be adapted to the end to be attained; and wherever it is necessary for the protection of the parties, it must give them an opportunity to be heard respecting the justice of the judgment sought.