American law reports annotated, Volume 281924 |
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... claim against a decedent's estate , that where the interest of the witness in the event of the action is collateral merely , his competency may be re- stored by the release or transfer of his interest at any time before testify- ing ...
... claim against a decedent's estate , that where the interest of the witness in the event of the action is collateral merely , his competency may be re- stored by the release or transfer of his interest at any time before testify- ing ...
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... claim in favor of the estate he rep- resents , a legatee or distributee who has parted with his interest , either by release , payment , or assignment , is a competent witness for the plain- tiff , unless there is some ground of ...
... claim in favor of the estate he rep- resents , a legatee or distributee who has parted with his interest , either by release , payment , or assignment , is a competent witness for the plain- tiff , unless there is some ground of ...
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... claim to such sum , removes his incompetency to testify imposed by the New York statute herein before stated . Reeve v . Crosby ( 1877 ) 3 Redf . ( N. Y. ) 74 . An infant , however , cannot release or assign his interest under a will ...
... claim to such sum , removes his incompetency to testify imposed by the New York statute herein before stated . Reeve v . Crosby ( 1877 ) 3 Redf . ( N. Y. ) 74 . An infant , however , cannot release or assign his interest under a will ...
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... claim to the land during the progress of the trial , the court ob- serving that the purpose of the stat- ute was to continue the disqualifica- tion of an incompetent witness , even though he has sold or given away his claim ; and that ...
... claim to the land during the progress of the trial , the court ob- serving that the purpose of the stat- ute was to continue the disqualifica- tion of an incompetent witness , even though he has sold or given away his claim ; and that ...
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... claim is asserted , nor for his benefit . And it is not an extinguishment , for the full claim is still in existence , with no change but a transfer to one of the claimants . The words used in the statute , if taken in their strict mean ...
... claim is asserted , nor for his benefit . And it is not an extinguishment , for the full claim is still in existence , with no change but a transfer to one of the claimants . The words used in the statute , if taken in their strict mean ...
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Page 43 - States, and the decision is in favor of such their validity, or where any title, right, privilege, or immunity is claimed under the constitution or any treaty or statute of, or commission held or authority exercised under, the United States, and the decision is against the title, right, privilege, or exemption specially set up or claimed by either party, under such constitution, treaty, statute, commission, or authority...
Page 47 - ... disobedience or resistance by any such officer, or by any party, juror, witness, or other person, to any lawful writ, process, order, rule, decree, or command of the said courts.
Page 589 - ... the exercise of the police power of the State shall never be abridged or so construed as to permit corporations to conduct their business in such manner as to infringe the equal rights of individuals or the general well-being of the State.
Page 20 - ... that in actions by or against executors, administrators, or guardians, in which judgment may be rendered for or against them, neither party shall be allowed to testify against the other, as to any transaction with, or statement by, the testator, intestate, or ward, unless called to testify thereto by the opposite party, or required to testify thereto by the court...
Page 570 - Every such grant shall specify the mode of determining any valuation therein provided for, and shall make adequate provision by way of forfeiture of the grant, or otherwise, to secure efficiency of public service at reasonable rates, and the maintenance of the property in good order throughout the term of the grant.
Page 557 - Every person, having an interest in property subject to a lien, has the right to redeem it from the lien, at any time after the claim is due, and before his right of redemption is foreclosed...
Page 665 - If it was sufficient of itself, it was a question of law for the court and not of fact for the jury.
Page 63 - Writs of error, bills of exception, and appeals, shall be allowed in all cases from the final decisions of said district courts to the supreme court, under such regulations as may be prescribed by law; but in no case removed to the supreme court shall trial by jury be allowed in said court.
Page 311 - ... whenever an attempt is made to take private property for a use alleged to be public, the question whether the contemplated use be really public shall be a judicial question, and as such, judicially determined, without regard to any legislative assertion that the use is public.
Page 614 - An Act to provide for the printing and distribution of ballots at public expense, and for the nomination of candidates for public offices, to regulate the manner of holding elections, and to enforce the secrecy of the ballot...