Massachusetts Reports, Volume 218H.O. Houghton and Company, 1915 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... taken from the builders a construc- tion mortgage upon the property for more than $ 13,000 , which sum they were to advance to the builders in instalments as the work progressed . When only a small part of his work had been done , the ...
... taken from the builders a construc- tion mortgage upon the property for more than $ 13,000 , which sum they were to advance to the builders in instalments as the work progressed . When only a small part of his work had been done , the ...
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... taken to a hospital , and afterwards was under proper medical care until his death . He was obliged to lie in bed in one position ; and by reason of this an extensive bedsore was developed , and this extended and grew worse until it ...
... taken to a hospital , and afterwards was under proper medical care until his death . He was obliged to lie in bed in one position ; and by reason of this an extensive bedsore was developed , and this extended and grew worse until it ...
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... taken if she had died intestate , and after doing so he may maintain a petition in the Probate Court under R. L. c . 140 , § 3 , cl . 3 , as amended by St. 1905 , c . 256 , for an order to sell so much of the real estate that belonged ...
... taken if she had died intestate , and after doing so he may maintain a petition in the Probate Court under R. L. c . 140 , § 3 , cl . 3 , as amended by St. 1905 , c . 256 , for an order to sell so much of the real estate that belonged ...
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... taken if she had died intestate . This election ordinarily would entitle him to his distributive share as provided in R. L. c . 140 , § 3 , cl . 3. Atherton v . Corliss , 101 Mass . 40 , 47. He could not claim under the will on one hand ...
... taken if she had died intestate . This election ordinarily would entitle him to his distributive share as provided in R. L. c . 140 , § 3 , cl . 3. Atherton v . Corliss , 101 Mass . 40 , 47. He could not claim under the will on one hand ...
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... taken , they would be protected by the probate decree setting aside the clause in question and establishing a resulting trust in favor of the heirs to whom the moneys forming the trust fund will be paid , nevertheless , they were ...
... taken , they would be protected by the probate decree setting aside the clause in question and establishing a resulting trust in favor of the heirs to whom the moneys forming the trust fund will be paid , nevertheless , they were ...
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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...
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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...
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