Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of Appeals of Maryland and in the High Court of Chancery of Maryland, from First Harris & McHenry's Reports to First Maryland Reports [1658-1851], Volumes 11-12M. Curlander, 1883 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... testimony is so light and inconclusive that no rational mind can infer from it the fact which it is offered to establish , it is the duty of the Court , when applied to for that purpose , to instruct the jury , that there is no evidence ...
... testimony is so light and inconclusive that no rational mind can infer from it the fact which it is offered to establish , it is the duty of the Court , when applied to for that purpose , to instruct the jury , that there is no evidence ...
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... testimony , adduced by a plain- tiff , is so light and inconclusive , that no rational well constructed mind , can infer from it the fact which it is offered to establish , it is the duty of the Court , when applied to for that purpose ...
... testimony , adduced by a plain- tiff , is so light and inconclusive , that no rational well constructed mind , can infer from it the fact which it is offered to establish , it is the duty of the Court , when applied to for that purpose ...
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... testimony of the subscribing witness ; as , if he denies his attestation , it may be proved by other witnesses ; or , if he denies the due execution of the instrument , other testimony may be resorted to , to prove it , & c . So where ...
... testimony of the subscribing witness ; as , if he denies his attestation , it may be proved by other witnesses ; or , if he denies the due execution of the instrument , other testimony may be resorted to , to prove it , & c . So where ...
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... testimony of such subscribing witness , and will not dispense with such proof , unless it can be shown that the testimony of the subscribing witness cannot be pro- 49 cured , by reason of his absence , death , interest , or other dis ...
... testimony of such subscribing witness , and will not dispense with such proof , unless it can be shown that the testimony of the subscribing witness cannot be pro- 49 cured , by reason of his absence , death , interest , or other dis ...
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... testimony which will bring it within the range of those cases excepted from the opera- tion of the statute by judicial determinations . The decree of the Court below is therefore reversed , and this Court will decree that the bill filed ...
... testimony which will bring it within the range of those cases excepted from the opera- tion of the statute by judicial determinations . The decree of the Court below is therefore reversed , and this Court will decree that the bill filed ...
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Page 276 - That no action shall be brought .... whereby to charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another person .... unless the agreement upon which such action shall be brought, or some memorandum or note thereof, shall be in writing, and signed by the party to be charged therewith, or some other person thereunto by him lawfully authorized.
Page 300 - Thousand dollars in hand paid by the said party of the second part, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have granted, bargained, and sold, and by these presents do grant, bargain, and sell, unto the said party of the second part...
Page 131 - PROVIDED ALWAYS, and it is the true intent and meaning of these presents, and of the parties...
Page 187 - After all the evidence had been submitted, the defendant below asked the court to instruct the jury that the plaintiff was not entitled to recover...
Page 296 - Be it known that as well in own name as for and in the name and names of all and every other person or persons to whom the same doth, may, or shall appertain, in part or in all...
Page 202 - Prior to the passage of the act, a deviation was defined as a ' voluntary departure without necessity or reasonable cause from the regular and usual course of the voyage.
Page 158 - ... or any other words which may import either a want or failure of issue of any person in his lifetime or at the time of his death, or an indefinite failure of his issue, shall be construed to mean a want or failure of issue in the lifetime or at the time of the death of such person, and not an indefinite failure of his issue, unless a contrary intention shall appear...
Page 197 - ... all other perils, losses, and misfortunes that have or shall come to the hurt, detriment, or damage of the said goods and merchandises and ship, &c., or any part thereof.