The Eastern Reporter: Containing All the Decisions of the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, as Soon as They are Filed, with Statement of the Case, Volume 11William Gould, 1887 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 19
... CONTRACT - DAMAGES - MEASURE OF . The measure of damages in an action to recover for a breach of contract to pur- chase shares of capital stock in a corporation is the difference between the market price of the stock at the time of the ...
... CONTRACT - DAMAGES - MEASURE OF . The measure of damages in an action to recover for a breach of contract to pur- chase shares of capital stock in a corporation is the difference between the market price of the stock at the time of the ...
Page 20
... contract be evident , because the court does not regard the state and condition of the parties so much as the nature of the contract and the public good . " James P. Colter , for defendant in error . " The jury is bound by a measure of ...
... contract be evident , because the court does not regard the state and condition of the parties so much as the nature of the contract and the public good . " James P. Colter , for defendant in error . " The jury is bound by a measure of ...
Page 21
... contract price , and this refusal is assigned for error . Of course the seller would be at liberty after tender and refusal to adopt this course , but it was not essential to his right of action . The measure of damages was the ...
... contract price , and this refusal is assigned for error . Of course the seller would be at liberty after tender and refusal to adopt this course , but it was not essential to his right of action . The measure of damages was the ...
Page 32
... contract agreed to sell , and by deed in fee , on or before the first day of April ( then ) next , if purchase - money be then paid in full , convey to said B. Dougherty , ' the land from the sale of which , by the sheriff , the fund ...
... contract agreed to sell , and by deed in fee , on or before the first day of April ( then ) next , if purchase - money be then paid in full , convey to said B. Dougherty , ' the land from the sale of which , by the sheriff , the fund ...
Page 33
... contract to convey it to the chaser . It becomes important to ascertain and determine definitely just what estate and interest Mr. Thompson had in this land after he had made the contract to sell it , for that is the estate and interest ...
... contract to convey it to the chaser . It becomes important to ascertain and determine definitely just what estate and interest Mr. Thompson had in this land after he had made the contract to sell it , for that is the estate and interest ...
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Popular passages
Page 334 - ... the law considers such publication as malicious, unless it is fairly made by a person in the discharge of some public or private duty, whether legal or moral, or in the conduct of his own affairs, in matters where his interest is concerned.
Page 591 - Every male citizen of twenty-one years of age and upwards (excepting paupers and persons under guardianship), who shall have resided within the Commonwealth one year, and within the town or district, in which he may claim a right to vote, six calendar months next preceding any election of Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Senators, or Representatives, and who shall have paid...
Page 592 - ... to make, ordain, and establish, all manner of wholesome and reasonable orders, laws, statutes, and ordinances, directions and instructions, either with penalties or without; so as the same be not repugnant or contrary to this constitution, as they shall judge to be for the good and welfare of this commonwealth, and for the government and ordering thereof, and of the subjects of the same...
Page 774 - it extends to the protection of the lives, limbs, health, comfort, and quiet of all persons, and the protection of all property within the State.
Page 326 - A communication made bona fide upon any subject-matter In which the party communicating has an interest, or in reference to which he has a duty, is privileged if made to a person having a corresponding interest or duty, although it contain criminatory matter, which, without this privilege, would be slanderous and actionable...
Page 774 - persons and property are subjected to all kinds of restraints and burdens, in order to secure the general comfort, health, and prosperity of the State ; of the perfect right of the Legislature to do which no question ever was, or upon acknowledged general principles ever can be, made, so far as natural persons are concerned.
Page 787 - And as to my worldly estate, and all the property, real and personal, or mixed, of which I shall die seized and possessed, or to which I shall be entitled at the time of my decease.
Page 284 - The manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors to be used as a beverage shall be prohibited. The general assembly shall provide by law for carrying this article into effect.
Page 693 - CD, of &.C., my true and lawful attorney, for me, and in my name...
Page 100 - But debts owing by corporations, like debts owing by individuals, are not property of the debtors in any sense ; they are obligations of the debtors, and only possess value in the hands of the creditors. With them they are property, and in their hands they may be taxed. To call debts property of the debtors is simply to misuse terms.