Atlantic Reporter, Volume 22West Publishing Company, 1892 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... intention . And it is manifest that , if the bond did not cover the whole of the treasurer's term , the protection would be entirely inade- quate . If there were one month or one week or one day in which a treasurer might embezzle with ...
... intention . And it is manifest that , if the bond did not cover the whole of the treasurer's term , the protection would be entirely inade- quate . If there were one month or one week or one day in which a treasurer might embezzle with ...
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... intention of the statute to require all claims between the estate and claimants to be adjusted by the commissioners , and claims not presented to and acted upon by the commissioners are , by the omis- sion , barred from being claims ...
... intention of the statute to require all claims between the estate and claimants to be adjusted by the commissioners , and claims not presented to and acted upon by the commissioners are , by the omis- sion , barred from being claims ...
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... intention to dedi- cate the locus in quo to public use . A ques- tion of intention must necessarily be a pure question of fact ; in this case the fact of dedication , having been found upon proper and appropriate evidence , has been ...
... intention to dedi- cate the locus in quo to public use . A ques- tion of intention must necessarily be a pure question of fact ; in this case the fact of dedication , having been found upon proper and appropriate evidence , has been ...
Page 47
... intention to vacate the road between the Point House and the kill , are not clear enough to warrant a conclusion , in the face of these reasons , that so important a public right was to be abandoned . We therefore think it rea- sonable ...
... intention to vacate the road between the Point House and the kill , are not clear enough to warrant a conclusion , in the face of these reasons , that so important a public right was to be abandoned . We therefore think it rea- sonable ...
Page 57
... intention of the leg- islature to confer this power upon this officer seems to me to be unmistakable . The following statutory provisions are in . dicative of such intention : The Supple- ment of 1888 , ( Pamph . Laws , 226 , § 4 ...
... intention of the leg- islature to confer this power upon this officer seems to me to be unmistakable . The following statutory provisions are in . dicative of such intention : The Supple- ment of 1888 , ( Pamph . Laws , 226 , § 4 ...
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Page 233 - no action shall be brought whereby to charge any executor or administrator upon any special promise to answer damages out of his own estate ; or whereby to charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another...
Page 385 - An alien may be admitted to become a citizen of the United States in the following manner, and not otherwise: "'First. He shall declare on oath before a circuit, or district court of the United States, or a district or supreme court of the Territories, or a court of record of any of the States having common-law jurisdiction, and a seal and clerk...
Page 301 - ... the party of the first part shall pay to the party of the second part...
Page 343 - So that they have ever been guided by the intent of the legislature, which they have always taken according to the necessity of the matter and according to that which is consonant to reason and good discretion.
Page 44 - In short, it may be laid down as a general rule, that the opinion of witnesses possessing peculiar skill is admissible, whenever the subject-matter of inquiry is such, that inexperienced persons are unlikely to prove capable of forming a correct judgment upon it without such assistance...
Page 205 - I hereby certify that Edward J. Peters, esquire, before whom the annexed affidavits were made, and who has thereto subscribed his name, was, at the time of so doing, a justice of the peace of the State of Maryland, in and for the city of Baltimore, duly commissioned and sworn. In testimony...
Page 363 - ... for and in consideration of the sum of one dollar, to them in hand paid...
Page 165 - ... nor shall any such company or any agent thereof make any contract of insurance or agreement as to such contract, other than as plainly expressed in the policy issued thereon...
Page 44 - ... so far partakes of the nature of a science, as to require a course of previous habit or study, in order to the attainment of a knowledge of it...
Page 29 - ... if the insured shall sustain bodily injuries, by means as aforesaid, which shall, independently of all other causes, immediately and wholly disable and prevent him from the prosecution of any and every kind of business pertaining to the occupation under which he is insured...