Reports of Cases in Law and Equity in the Supreme Court of the State of New YorkGould, Banks & Gould, 1863 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... received to sustain the alleged cause of action in what under the former practice was known as the action of ejectment , but the proof would not warrant a recovery in such an action ; for it does not es- tablish any actual occupancy by ...
... received to sustain the alleged cause of action in what under the former practice was known as the action of ejectment , but the proof would not warrant a recovery in such an action ; for it does not es- tablish any actual occupancy by ...
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... received the evidence , subject to it . At a sub- sequent stage of the cause the judge was requested to nonsuit the plaintiff , on the ground that the defendants had made out a complete justification ; that it appeared they were act ...
... received the evidence , subject to it . At a sub- sequent stage of the cause the judge was requested to nonsuit the plaintiff , on the ground that the defendants had made out a complete justification ; that it appeared they were act ...
Page 105
... received and indorsed on the bond , in June , 1843 , $ 175.51 , for interest due on the bond and mortgage . The mortgaged premises , which were situated in Carthage , Jefferson county , were sold upon the foreclosure of a prior mortgage ...
... received and indorsed on the bond , in June , 1843 , $ 175.51 , for interest due on the bond and mortgage . The mortgaged premises , which were situated in Carthage , Jefferson county , were sold upon the foreclosure of a prior mortgage ...
Page 114
... received no part of the interest , but the defendants ( to whom the bond and mortgage were never in terms assigned ) received the whole interest during the period that Alexander Sheldon had the nominal title thereto . 4. It is also ...
... received no part of the interest , but the defendants ( to whom the bond and mortgage were never in terms assigned ) received the whole interest during the period that Alexander Sheldon had the nominal title thereto . 4. It is also ...
Page 120
... received . The plaintiff had already testified , without objection , to the defendant's promise that she should not be any the worse for him , nor come to any disgrace by him , and if she did he would marry her . To give effect to this ...
... received . The plaintiff had already testified , without objection , to the defendant's promise that she should not be any the worse for him , nor come to any disgrace by him , and if she did he would marry her . To give effect to this ...
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Page 238 - Every action must be prosecuted in the name of the real party in interest, except that an executor or administrator, a trustee of an express trust...
Page 561 - Bank of Augusta v. Earle, 13 Pet. 519, 588, Chief Justice Taney said : " It is very true that a corporation can have no legal existence out of the boundaries of the sovereignty by which it is created. It exists only in contemplation of law, and by force of the law ; and where that law ceases to operate, and is no longer obligatory, the corporation can have no existence. It must dwell in the place of its creation, and cannot migrate to another sovereignty.
Page 52 - State« to call forth such number of the militia of the state or states most convenient to the place of danger, or scene of action, as he may judge necessary to repel such invasion...
Page 421 - Until the judgment against the defendant shall be paid, the sheriff may proceed to collect the notes and other evidences of debt, and the debts that may have been seized or attached, under the warrant of attachment, and to prosecute any bond he may have taken in the course of such proceedings, and apply the proceeds thereof to the payment of the judgment.
Page 189 - The rule of equity is, in every code of jurisprudence with which we are acquainted, that a purchase by a trustee or agent of the particular property of which he has the sale, or in which he represents another, whether he has an interest in it or not, per interposition personan carries fraud on the face of it.
Page 53 - It is a general and sound principle that whenever the law vests any person with a power to do an act, and constitutes him a judge of the evidence on which the act may be done, and. at the same time, contemplates that the act is to be carried into effect through the instrumentality of agents, the person thus clothed with power is invested with discretion, and is, quoad hoc, a judge.
Page 595 - Persons severally liable upon the same obligation or instrument, including the parties to bills of exchange and promissory notes, and sureties on the same or separate instruments, may all or any of them be included in the same action, at the option of the plaintiff...
Page 564 - In the silence of any positive rule, affirming, or denying, or restraining the operation of foreign laws, courts of justice presume the tacit adoption of them by their own government, unless they are repugnant to its policy, or prejudicial to its interests.
Page 233 - The true definition of a broker seems to be that he is an agent, employed to make bargains and contracts between other persons in matters of trade, commerce, or navigation, for a compensation, commonly called 'brokerage.
Page 121 - ... ordered to be heard, in the first instance, at the general term : Before argument, twenty dollars.