Reports of Cases Decided in the Court of Appeals of the State of New York: 1871, Volume 46Banks & Brothers, 1872 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... legislature transformed this from a legal into an equitable interest , we must presume that they intended , to apply equitable rules and principles existing at the time for its enforcement . One of them is , that before the equi- table ...
... legislature transformed this from a legal into an equitable interest , we must presume that they intended , to apply equitable rules and principles existing at the time for its enforcement . One of them is , that before the equi- table ...
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... legislature has recognized them as so applying . By chapter 536 of Laws of 1857 , § 6 , it declared , that the same should not thereafter apply to such corporations . But the next year ( chapter 110 , Laws of 1858 ) , this section six ...
... legislature has recognized them as so applying . By chapter 536 of Laws of 1857 , § 6 , it declared , that the same should not thereafter apply to such corporations . But the next year ( chapter 110 , Laws of 1858 ) , this section six ...
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... legislature , to fix the term of office , and the time and manner of election ; after the length of term has been prescribed by legislative enactment , and the office filled , an act extending the term of the incumbent is ...
... legislature , to fix the term of office , and the time and manner of election ; after the length of term has been prescribed by legislative enactment , and the office filled , an act extending the term of the incumbent is ...
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... legislature had power to extend term . ( People v . Batchelor , 22 N. Y. , 128 ; People v . Pinkney , 32 N. Y. , 394 ; People v . Met . Board of Police , 19 N. Y. , 188. ) As to rights at common - law to hold over . ( Angel & Ames on ...
... legislature had power to extend term . ( People v . Batchelor , 22 N. Y. , 128 ; People v . Pinkney , 32 N. Y. , 394 ; People v . Met . Board of Police , 19 N. Y. , 188. ) As to rights at common - law to hold over . ( Angel & Ames on ...
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... legislature should pass ( Const . , art . 10 , 5 ) , which was not the case of the defendant . That way was by an election by the people . And that election must have been at such times and in such manner as the legislature might direct ...
... legislature should pass ( Const . , art . 10 , 5 ) , which was not the case of the defendant . That way was by an election by the people . And that election must have been at such times and in such manner as the legislature might direct ...
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Page 635 - In any manner relating thereto, shall hereafter be created, granted, assigned, surrendered or declared, unless by act or operation of law, or by a deed or conveyance in writing, subscribed by the party creating, granting, assigning, surrendering or declaring the same, or by his lawful agent thereunto authorized by writing.
Page 518 - Every proprietor of lands on the banks of a river has naturally an equal right to the use of the water which flows in the stream adjacent to his lands as it was wont to run (currere solebat) without diminution or alteration.
Page 290 - J., observed that in order for it to apply "there must be reasonable evidence of negligence, but where the thing is shown to be under the management of the defendant or his servants, and the accident is such as in the ordinary course of things does not happen, if those who have the management use proper care, it affords reasonable evidence, in the absence of explanation by the defendants, that the accident arose from want of care.
Page 162 - To constitute a conversion of real estate into personal, in the absence of an actual sale, it must be made the duty of, and obligatory upon, the trustees to sell it in any event. Such conversion rests upon the principle that equity considers that as done which ought to have been done. A mere discretionary power of selling produces no such result.
Page 16 - That a discharge duly granted under this act shall, with the exceptions aforesaid, release the bankrupt from all debts, claims, liabilities, and demands which were or might have been proved against his estate in bankruptcy...
Page 592 - Any corporation formed under this act may purchase mines, manufactories or other property necessary for its business, or the stock of any company or companies owning, mining, manufacturing or producing materials or other property necessary for its business, and issue stock to the amount of the value thereof in payment therefor...
Page 519 - ... the common right. The diminution, retardation or acceleration, not positively and sensibly injurious, by diminishing the value of the common right, is an implied element in the right of using the stream at all.
Page 81 - Here was no fraud; no wrong. It was incumbent upon the plaintiff to be satisfied "that the bill drawn upon him was the drawer's hand," before he accepted or paid it; but it was not incumbent upon the defendant to inquire into it.
Page 435 - The proper meaning of a privileged communication is only this ; that the occasion on which the communication was made rebuts the inference prima facie arising from a statement prejudicial to the character of the Plaintiff, and puts it upon him to prove that there was malice in fact — that the Defendant was actuated by motives of personal spite or ill-will, independent of the occasion on which the communication was made.
Page 655 - ... fully and entirely, and without change or diminution, as the same were before held and enjoyed...