Massachusetts Reports, Volume 218H.O. Houghton and Company, 1915 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... Evidence , Presumptions and burden of proof . In an action of contract for the price of milk sold and delivered , where at the trial the plaintiff has shown that the milk was sold and delivered to the defendant and during a long period ...
... Evidence , Presumptions and burden of proof . In an action of contract for the price of milk sold and delivered , where at the trial the plaintiff has shown that the milk was sold and delivered to the defendant and during a long period ...
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... evidence tending to show that the seat was turned over by one of a turbulent and boisterous crowd who were attempting violently to get upon the car , that the presence of such a crowd at that place and time of day was not unusual and ...
... evidence tending to show that the seat was turned over by one of a turbulent and boisterous crowd who were attempting violently to get upon the car , that the presence of such a crowd at that place and time of day was not unusual and ...
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... evidence that the crowd was of such a kind and nature as the defendant might reasonably anticipate would be violent or boisterous so as to provide any more safeguards than were usual and customary at such a place . " " 8. There is no ...
... evidence that the crowd was of such a kind and nature as the defendant might reasonably anticipate would be violent or boisterous so as to provide any more safeguards than were usual and customary at such a place . " " 8. There is no ...
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... evidence of his neg- ligence in an action against the street railway company for injuries to the automobile caused by the collision . Where a single track of a street railway is laid in the middle of a highway and , because of an ...
... evidence of his neg- ligence in an action against the street railway company for injuries to the automobile caused by the collision . Where a single track of a street railway is laid in the middle of a highway and , because of an ...
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... evidence , the plaintiff is not entitled to recover , against the defendant Ballard on the first count of his declara- tion . " 3. On all the evidence , the plaintiff is not entitled to re- cover against the defendant Ballard on the ...
... evidence , the plaintiff is not entitled to recover , against the defendant Ballard on the first count of his declara- tion . " 3. On all the evidence , the plaintiff is not entitled to re- cover against the defendant Ballard on the ...
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Page 565 - Commerce among the States consists of intercourse and traffic between their citizens, and includes the transportation of persons and property, and the navigation of public waters for that purpose, as well as the purchase, sale and exchange of commodities.
Page 565 - Commerce, undoubtedly, is traffic, but it is something more, — it is intercourse. It describes the commercial intercourse between nations, and parts of nations, in all its branches, and is regulated by prescribing rules for carrying on that intercourse.
Page 565 - Commerce with foreign countries, and among the States, strictly considered, consists in intercourse and traffic, including in these terms navigation, and the transportation and transit of persons and property, as well as the purchase, sale, and exchange of commodities.
Page 263 - ... in as good order and condition, reasonable use and wearing thereof, fire and other unavoidable casualties excepted, as the same now are...
Page 4 - BWCC 527, where the House of Lords reversed the decision of the Court of Appeal, reported in...
Page 473 - No will made within this state, except such nuncupative wills as are mentioned in the following section, shall be effectual to pass any estate, whether real or personal, nor to charge, or in any way affect the same, unless it be in writing, and signed by the testator, or by some person in his presence, and by his express direction, and attested and subscribed in the presence of the testator by two or more competent witnesses...
Page 404 - Every person in the service of another under any contract of hire, express or implied, oral or written...
Page 481 - ... that they were present and saw the testator or testatrix sign said will, testament or codicil in their presence, or acknowledged the same to be his or her act and deed, and that they believed the testator or testatrix to be of sound mind and memory at the time of signing or acknowledging the same, shall be sufficient proof of the execution of said will, testament or codicil, to admit the same to record...
Page 565 - The negotiation of sales of goods which are in another State, for the purpose of introducing them into the State in which the negotiation is made, is interstate commerce.
Page 735 - A warehouseman shall be liable to the holder of a receipt for damages caused by the non-existence of the goods or by the failure of the goods to correspond with the description thereof in the receipt at the time of its issue. If, however, the goods are described in a receipt merely by a statement of marks or labels upon them, or upon packages containing them, or by a statement that the goods are said to be...