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 73Abraham Clark Freeman Bancroft-Whitney Company, 1900 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... appears that appellant's counsel did ex- amine her fully and educed quite explicit answers ; the extent to which cross - examination shall be carried is in some degree a matter of discretion with the trial court , and we cannot say that ...
... appears that appellant's counsel did ex- amine her fully and educed quite explicit answers ; the extent to which cross - examination shall be carried is in some degree a matter of discretion with the trial court , and we cannot say that ...
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... appears , whether the evidence comes from one side or the other , the disclosure is fatal to the case . No con- sent of the defendant can neutralize its effect . A stipulation in the most solemn form to waive the objection would be ...
... appears , whether the evidence comes from one side or the other , the disclosure is fatal to the case . No con- sent of the defendant can neutralize its effect . A stipulation in the most solemn form to waive the objection would be ...
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... appears that he actually has the money , this formula would be unnecessary . But under such a decree the administrator might be able to purge himself of contempt , and the sureties , if it should be held to be a defense - for that is ...
... appears that he actually has the money , this formula would be unnecessary . But under such a decree the administrator might be able to purge himself of contempt , and the sureties , if it should be held to be a defense - for that is ...
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... appears from the findings that on August 30 , 359 1894 , the plaintiff sold and conveyed by deed of grant the premises described in the complaint to one Patrick Selna , for the sum of fifteen hundred dollars , all of which amount had ...
... appears from the findings that on August 30 , 359 1894 , the plaintiff sold and conveyed by deed of grant the premises described in the complaint to one Patrick Selna , for the sum of fifteen hundred dollars , all of which amount had ...
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... appears to the court or judge , from such petition , that it is necessary , or that it would be for the advantage , benefit , and best interests of the estate and those interested therein , to sell the whole or some portion of the real ...
... appears to the court or judge , from such petition , that it is necessary , or that it would be for the advantage , benefit , and best interests of the estate and those interested therein , to sell the whole or some portion of the real ...
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Page 215 - It must not be forgotten that you are not to extend arbitrarily those rules which say that a given contract is void as being against public policy, because if there is one thing which more than another public policy requires it is that men of full age and competent understanding shall have the utmost liberty of contracting, and that their contracts, when entered into freely and voluntarily, shall be held sacred, and shall be enforced by courts of justice.
Page 746 - No act committed by a person while in a state of voluntary intoxication is less criminal by reason of his having been in such condition. But whenever the actual existence of any particular purpose, motive, or intent is a necessary element to constitute any particular species or degree of crime, the jury may take into consideration the fact that the accused was intoxicated at the time, in determining the purpose, motive, or intent with which he committed the act.
Page 753 - Insurance is a contract whereby one undertakes to indemnify another against loss, damage, or liability, arising from an unknown or contingent event. ARTICLE II. What may be Insured. SEC. 2531. Any contingent or unknown event...
Page 506 - ... to answer concerning the same; and such proceedings may thereupon be had for the application of the property of the judgment debtor...
Page 752 - A crime or public offense is an act committed or omitted in violation of a law forbidding or commanding it, and to which is annexed, upon conviction, either of the following punishments: 1. Death; 2. Imprisonment; 3. Fine: 4. Removal from office; or, 5. Disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit in this state.
Page 760 - The father of an illegitimate child, by publicly acknowledging it as his own, receiving it as such, with the consent of his wife, if he is married, into his family, and otherwise treating it as if it were a legitimate child, thereby adopts it as such ; and such child is thereupon deemed for all purposes legitimate from the time of its birth. The foregoing provisions of this chapter do not apply to such an adoption.
Page 631 - Where the means of knowledge are at hand and equally available to both parties, and the subject of purchase is alike open to their inspection, if the purchaser does not avail himself of these means and opportunities, he will not be heard to say that he has been deceived by the vendor's misrepresentations.
Page 204 - We think it is a settled principle, growing out of the nature of well-ordered civil society, that every holder of property, however absolute and unqualified may be his title, holds it under the implied liability that his use of it may be so regulated, that it shall not be injurious to the equal enjoyment of others having an equal right to the enjoyment of their property, nor injurious to the rights of the community.
Page 702 - No suit or action on this policy for the recovery of any claim shall be sustainable in any court of law or equity until after full compliance by the insured with all the foregoing requirements, nor unless commenced within twelve months next after the fire.
Page 201 - That must always rest upon some difference which bears a reasonable and just relation to the act in respect to which the classification is proposed, and can never be made arbitrarily and without any such basis.