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 11Abraham Clark Freeman Bancroft-Whitney Company, 1890 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... possession , which was still in him as owner , al- though the defendant had the custody of the animal as mere employee or servant . It has often been decided , and is now settled law , that goods in the bare charge or custody of a ser ...
... possession , which was still in him as owner , al- though the defendant had the custody of the animal as mere employee or servant . It has often been decided , and is now settled law , that goods in the bare charge or custody of a ser ...
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... possession of the master , and the servant may be guilty of trespass and larceny by the fraudulent con- version of such goods to his own use : Oxford v . State , 33 Ala . 416 ; 2 Bishop on Criminal Law , 7th ed . , sec . 824 . It is ...
... possession of the master , and the servant may be guilty of trespass and larceny by the fraudulent con- version of such goods to his own use : Oxford v . State , 33 Ala . 416 ; 2 Bishop on Criminal Law , 7th ed . , sec . 824 . It is ...
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... possession , enjoyment , or usufruct on the donee or grantee , during the life of the maker , are al- ways wills , and never deeds , this would seem to be a simple rule , and easy of application . The corollary would also appear to ...
... possession , enjoyment , or usufruct on the donee or grantee , during the life of the maker , are al- ways wills , and never deeds , this would seem to be a simple rule , and easy of application . The corollary would also appear to ...
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... possession and continue the sale of the goods exclusively for the benefit of the mortgagee , paying the pro- ceeds of sales to him each week , or oftener if required , is not fraudulent on its face , but is valid as against creditors ...
... possession and continue the sale of the goods exclusively for the benefit of the mortgagee , paying the pro- ceeds of sales to him each week , or oftener if required , is not fraudulent on its face , but is valid as against creditors ...
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... possession , and to sell the goods in due course of trade for his own benefit . We held that such a power , accompanied with continued possession , conferred on the mortgagor a dominion over the property which was utterly inconsistent ...
... possession , and to sell the goods in due course of trade for his own benefit . We held that such a power , accompanied with continued possession , conferred on the mortgagor a dominion over the property which was utterly inconsistent ...
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Page 328 - Any person may be made a defendant who has or claims an interest in the controversy adverse to the plaintiff, or who is a necessary party to a complete determination or settlement of the question involved therein.
Page 192 - ... not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail not less than three months nor more than one year, or both, in the discretion, of the court; and any certificate of membership so secured shall be absolutely void.
Page 821 - An assault is an unlawful attempt, coupled with a present ability, to commit a violent injury on the person of another.
Page 551 - Every mortgage or conveyance intended to operate as a mortgage of goods and chattels which shall hereafter be made which shall not be accompanied by an immediate delivery and followed by an actual and continued change of possession of the things mortgaged, shall be absolutely void as against the creditors of the mortgagor...
Page 644 - ... no such company shall make or give any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to or in favour of any particular person or company, or any particular description of traffic, in any respect whatsoever...
Page 814 - A father, or, in case of his death or desertion of his family, the mother, may prosecute as plaintiff for the seduction of the daughter, and the guardian for the seduction of the ward, though the daughter or ward be not living with or in the service of the plaintiff at the time of the seduction or afterwards, and there be no loss of service.
Page 645 - ... a greater or less compensation for any service rendered, or to be rendered, in the transportation of passengers or property, subject to the provisions of this act, than it charges, demands, collects or receives from any other person or persons for doing for him or them a like and contemporaneous service in the transportation of a like kind of traffic under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, such common carrier shall be deemed guilty of unjust discrimination, which is hereby prohibited...
Page 645 - That if any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act shall, directly or indirectly, by any special rate, rebate, drawback, or other device, charge, demand, collect or receive from any person or persons a greater or less compensation for any service rendered, or to be rendered, in the transportation of passengers or property, subject to the provisions of this...
Page 410 - Upon the trial of the case the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. The defendant made a motion for a new trial upon the...
Page 111 - Property does become clothed with a public interest when used in a manner to make it of public consequence, and affect the community at large. When, therefore, one devotes his property to use in which the public has an interest, he, in effect, grants to the public an interest in that use, and must submit to be controlled by the public for the common good, to the extent of the interest he has thus created.