The American Reports: Containing All Decisions of General Interest Decided in the Courts of Last Resort of the Several States with Notes and References, Volume 44Bancroft-Whitney, 1884 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... condition . But as to the boys with their sleds upon the road , it is quite different . It is not made unlawful by the statute , to travel upon the highway with such sleds , nor are the selectmen empowered to prohibit it . The Faulkner ...
... condition . But as to the boys with their sleds upon the road , it is quite different . It is not made unlawful by the statute , to travel upon the highway with such sleds , nor are the selectmen empowered to prohibit it . The Faulkner ...
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... condition of a highway , which renders it unsafe or inconvenient for travel , is a defect or want of repair . It may be a hole in the highway , or it may consist of a stone or log or other obstacle left on its surface , or a post ...
... condition of a highway , which renders it unsafe or inconvenient for travel , is a defect or want of repair . It may be a hole in the highway , or it may consist of a stone or log or other obstacle left on its surface , or a post ...
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... condition for travel in the ordinary modes , by night as well as by day . " This is the liability , which under its statutes , is held to exist in Massachusetts . In the case of Barber v . City of Roxbury , 11 Allen , 318 , the court ...
... condition for travel in the ordinary modes , by night as well as by day . " This is the liability , which under its statutes , is held to exist in Massachusetts . In the case of Barber v . City of Roxbury , 11 Allen , 318 , the court ...
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... condition or circumstances , under dis- ability , is entitled to dispose of his property in such manner and upon such terms as he chooses ; and whether his bargains are wise and discreet , and profitable or unprofitable , or otherwise ...
... condition or circumstances , under dis- ability , is entitled to dispose of his property in such manner and upon such terms as he chooses ; and whether his bargains are wise and discreet , and profitable or unprofitable , or otherwise ...
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... conditions having no pecuniary value at all , and yet they are always enforced ; and so we find men in life making subscriptions to colleges on condition that they shall bear their names , or endowing professorships upon condition that ...
... conditions having no pecuniary value at all , and yet they are always enforced ; and so we find men in life making subscriptions to colleges on condition that they shall bear their names , or endowing professorships upon condition that ...
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Page 344 - April, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven, which have not since expired, or been repealed or altered ; and such acts of the Legislature of this State as are now in force, shall be and continue the law of this State, subject to such alterations as the Legislature shall make concerning the same.
Page 165 - And the said applicant hereby covenants and agrees to and with the said Company that the foregoing is a just, full and true exposition of all the facts and circumstances in regard to the condition, situation, value and risk of the property to be insured, so far as the same are known to the applicant and are material. to the risk...
Page 210 - that where one person makes a promise to another for the benefit of a third person, that third person may maintain an action upon it.
Page 343 - In cases where they apply"; and also with section 914, providing that "the practice, pleadings and forms and modes of proceeding In civil causes, other than equity and admiralty causes, in the circuit and district courts, shall conform, as near as may be, to the practice, pleadings and forms and modes of proceeding existing at the time In like causes In the courts of record of the state within which such circuit or district courts are held, any rule of court to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 447 - all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall have the same right in every State and Territory to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, give evidence, and to the full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of persons and property as is enjoyed by white citizens and shall be subject to like punishment, pains, penalties, taxes, licenses, and exactions of every kind, and to no other.
Page 372 - And as these two questions appear to us to be more conveniently answered together, we have to submit our opinion to be, that the jury ought to be told in all cases that every man is presumed to be sane, and to possess a sufficient degree of reason to be responsible for his crimes, until the contrary be proved to their satisfaction; and that, to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved, that at the time of the...
Page 535 - ... mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery, or for nondelivery, of any unrepeated message, beyond fifty times the sum received for sending the same...
Page 428 - It is a part of every man's civil rights that he be left at liberty to refuse business relations with any person whomsoever, whether the refusal rests upon reason, or is the result of whim, caprice, prejudice, or malice.
Page 288 - Every devise of land, in any will hereafter made, shall be construed to convey all the estate of the devisor therein, which he could lawfully devise, unless it shall clearly appear, by the will, that the devisor intended to convey a less estate.
Page 689 - It is agreed between the sender of the following message and this company that said company shall not be liable for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery or non-delivery of any unrepeated message, whether happening by negligence of its servants or otherwise, beyond the amount received for sending the same...