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... common law , that a contract under seal cannot be dissolved by a new paro ! executory agreement , although supported by a good and valuable consideration , " for , every contract or agreement ought to be dissolved by matter of as high a ...
... common law , that a contract under seal cannot be dissolved by a new paro ! executory agreement , although supported by a good and valuable consideration , " for , every contract or agreement ought to be dissolved by matter of as high a ...
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... common law rule has lost much of its former importance . A recent English writer , refering to the effect of the common law Procedure Acts in England , says , " The ancient technical rule of the common law , that a contract under seal ...
... common law rule has lost much of its former importance . A recent English writer , refering to the effect of the common law Procedure Acts in England , says , " The ancient technical rule of the common law , that a contract under seal ...
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... law in such cases , where an application is made to the sur- rogate for an order compelling the executor or ... common law , and now is governed by the system created by the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure . Neither before did ...
... law in such cases , where an application is made to the sur- rogate for an order compelling the executor or ... common law , and now is governed by the system created by the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure . Neither before did ...
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... law . ( Tomlinson v . Mayor , 44 N. Y. 601 ; Phillip v . Gallant , 62 id ... common trustee the management and control of the business of manufacturing ... common fund the cost of production , and divide the net proceeds and profits of ...
... law . ( Tomlinson v . Mayor , 44 N. Y. 601 ; Phillip v . Gallant , 62 id ... common trustee the management and control of the business of manufacturing ... common fund the cost of production , and divide the net proceeds and profits of ...
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... common law , that courts will not lend their aid to enforce illegal transactions at the instance of a party to the illegality , would be misapplied if permitted to be used to prevent the application of the fund in question to the ...
... common law , that courts will not lend their aid to enforce illegal transactions at the instance of a party to the illegality , would be misapplied if permitted to be used to prevent the application of the fund in question to the ...
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Page 576 - That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed; nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Page 455 - ... unless a written or printed notice stating the amount of such premium, interest, installment, or portion thereof, due on such policy, the place where it should be paid, and the person to whom the same is payable, shall be duly addressed and mailed to the person whose life is insured...
Page 396 - Document of title to goods" includes any bill of lading, dock warrant, warehouse receipt or order for the delivery of goods, or any other document used in the ordinary course of business...
Page 402 - All the stockholders of every company incorporated under this act, shall be severally individually liable to the :! creditors of the company in which they are stockholders, to an amount equal to the amount of stock held by them respectively...
Page 390 - ... merchandise for the purpose of sale, or as a security for any advances to be made or obtained thereon, shall be deemed to be the true owner thereof, so far as to give validity to any contract made by such agent with any other person, for the sale or disposition of the whole or any part of such merchandise, for any money advanced, or negotiable instrument or other obligation in writing given by such other person upon the faith thereof.
Page 485 - In an action against a foreign or domestic corporation, to recover damages for the nonpayment of a promissory note, or other evidence of debt, for the absolute payment of money, upon demand, or at a particular time...
Page 578 - Legislature accordingly appointed a commission to investigate and report "the most humane and practical method known to modern science of carrying into effect the sentence of death in capital cases.
Page 575 - The punishment of death must, in every case, be inflicted by causing to pass through the body of the convict a current of electricity of sufficient intensity to cause death, and the application of such current must be continued until such convict is dead.
Page 508 - ... a preponderance of evidence against the determination of the commissioners, then it has the same jurisdiction to reverse the determination that it has to set aside the verdict of a jury as against the weight of evidence.
Page 85 - The order of the appellate division should be reversed, and the judgment of the special term affirmed, with costs in all courts.