The Kentucky Law Reporter: A Monthly Magazine, Devoted to the Interests of the Legal Profession at Large and Particularly of the Kentucky Bar, Volume 18J. C. Wells, Edward Warren Hines, Frank L. Wells, Horace C. Brannin, William Cromwell, William Jefferson Chinn, Walter G. Chapman, William Pope Duvall Bush, Finlay Ferguson Bush, R. G. Higdon, Thomas Robert.. McBeath G.A. Lewis, 1897 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 60
... error to admit testimony as to an indefinite threat by de- ceased which was not shown to be any reference to the accused , and which , even in its indefinite form , was not communicated to the accused . 3. Instructions to jury - It ...
... error to admit testimony as to an indefinite threat by de- ceased which was not shown to be any reference to the accused , and which , even in its indefinite form , was not communicated to the accused . 3. Instructions to jury - It ...
Page 78
... error to deduct from the principal the amounts paid as interest as of the dates they were paid , and then calculate interest upon the balance . As the receiving of legal interest in advance is not usurious , the payments , to the extent ...
... error to deduct from the principal the amounts paid as interest as of the dates they were paid , and then calculate interest upon the balance . As the receiving of legal interest in advance is not usurious , the payments , to the extent ...
Page 79
... error , and the error applies also to what is called the dis- count of the paper , which was a mere loan at a usurious rate . The excess of the legal rate should alone have been credited , as the re- covery of legal interest in advance ...
... error , and the error applies also to what is called the dis- count of the paper , which was a mere loan at a usurious rate . The excess of the legal rate should alone have been credited , as the re- covery of legal interest in advance ...
Page 84
... error in the other instructions . Reversed and remanded , for the reason that the damages are ex- cessive , and for the error in giving instruction No. 4 and refusing instruction R a new trial will be granted in conformity to this ...
... error in the other instructions . Reversed and remanded , for the reason that the damages are ex- cessive , and for the error in giving instruction No. 4 and refusing instruction R a new trial will be granted in conformity to this ...
Page 92
... error in the statement of facts in the opinion of the court , were not over critical in the examination of the record . Instead of saying the C. C. C. Railway had an option on the Chat- taroi road it should have said in the opinion that ...
... error in the statement of facts in the opinion of the court , were not over critical in the examination of the record . Instead of saying the C. C. C. Railway had an option on the Chat- taroi road it should have said in the opinion that ...
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Page 340 - As men whose intentions require no concealment generally employ the words which most directly and aptly express the ideas they intend to convey, the enlightened patriots who framed our constitution, and the people who adopted it, must be understood to have employed words in their natural sense, and to have intended what they have said.
Page 316 - No county, city, town, township, school district or other political corporation or subdivision of the State, shall be allowed to become indebted in any manner or for any purpose to an amount exceeding in any year the income and revenue provided for such year, without the assent of two-thirds of the voters thereof voting at an election to be held for that purpose...
Page 738 - The fifth instruction is not objectionable, as it was substantially the same as the first instruction with reference to the negligence of the defendant and the contributory negligence of the plaintiff.
Page 587 - Insurance; provided, that the cause of action upon a contract, obligation or liability evidenced by a certificate, or abstract or guaranty of title of real property or policy of title insurance shall not be deemed to have accrued until the discovery of the loss or damage suffered by the aggrieved party thereunder.
Page 232 - Actions for the following causes must be tried in the county in which the subject of the action, or some part thereof, is situated...
Page 395 - All property, not exempted from taxation by this Constitution, shall be assessed for taxation at its fair cash value, estimated at the price it would bring at a fair voluntary sale...
Page 314 - No county, city, town, taxing district, or other municipality, shall be authorized or permitted to become indebted, in any manner or for any purpose, to an amount exceeding, in any year, the income and revenue provided for such year, without the assent of two-thirds of the voters thereof, voting at an election to be held for that purpose ; and any indebtedness contracted in violation of this section, shall be void.
Page 341 - The judicial power of this State, both as to matters of law and equity, shall be vested in a Supreme Court, in Courts of Common Pleas for each County, in Justices of the Peace, and in such other courts as the Legislature may, from time to time, establish.
Page 593 - ... hereafter created against the State under any agreement or contract made without express authority of law; and all such unauthorized agreements or contracts shall be null and void: Provided, the general assembly may make appropriations for expenditures incurred in suppressing insurrection or repelling invasion.
Page 340 - But it is not on slight implication and vague conjecture that the legislature is to be pronounced to have transcended its powers, and its acts to be considered as void. The opposition between the Constitution and the law should be such that the judge feels a clear and strong conviction of their incompatibility with each other.