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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... jury . ( p . 27. ) RECEIVERS POWER OF TO CARRY ON BUSINESS AND CREATE LIABILITIES . - If a manufactory and the property intended for use therein are in the hands of a receiver , the court has power to direct the discharge of threatened ...
... jury . ( p . 27. ) RECEIVERS POWER OF TO CARRY ON BUSINESS AND CREATE LIABILITIES . - If a manufactory and the property intended for use therein are in the hands of a receiver , the court has power to direct the discharge of threatened ...
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... jury's verdict . Whether the chancery court has power in cases like the pres- ent to subordinate pre - existing liens to those of 243 receiver's certificates is a question referred to in argument , but it does not arise here . The ...
... jury's verdict . Whether the chancery court has power in cases like the pres- ent to subordinate pre - existing liens to those of 243 receiver's certificates is a question referred to in argument , but it does not arise here . The ...
Page 139
... jury must be of a peculiar nature , so that compensation in money cannot atone for it ; where , from its nature , it may be thus atoned for , if in the particular case the party be insolvent , and on that account unable to atone for it ...
... jury must be of a peculiar nature , so that compensation in money cannot atone for it ; where , from its nature , it may be thus atoned for , if in the particular case the party be insolvent , and on that account unable to atone for it ...
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... jury of a compliance with all circumstances . The attestation clause was in the same language in Hands v . James ... jury may indulge . It is a question , then , for the jury to determine whether all the requisites of the statute have ...
... jury of a compliance with all circumstances . The attestation clause was in the same language in Hands v . James ... jury may indulge . It is a question , then , for the jury to determine whether all the requisites of the statute have ...
Page 152
... in no other . Charges 5 and 11 , given at the instance of proponent . were proper . They tend to take from the jury the question of the due execution of the will , which was a matter 152 AMERICAN STATE REPORTS , VOL . 85. [ Alabama ,
... in no other . Charges 5 and 11 , given at the instance of proponent . were proper . They tend to take from the jury the question of the due execution of the will , which was a matter 152 AMERICAN STATE REPORTS , VOL . 85. [ Alabama ,
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Page 405 - 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...
Page 532 - 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 124 - THIS INDENTURE, made this day of , in the year One thousand, nine hundred and , between of , the party of the first part...
Page 915 - 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 835 - That every such action shall be for the benefit of the wife, husband, parent, and child of the person whose death shall have been so caused...
Page 156 - 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 71 - The reservation of the powers of the initiative and referendum in this article shall not deprive the legislature of the right to repeal any law, propose or pass any measure, which may be consistent with the constitution of the State and the Constitution of the United States.
Page 530 - 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 224 - 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 156 - If a statute attempts to accomplish two or more objects, and is void as to one, it may still be in every respect complete and valid as to the other. But if its purpose is to accomplish a single object only, and some of its provisions are void, the whole must fail unless sufficient remains to effect the object without the aid of the invalid portion.