The Pacific Reporter, Volume 44West Publishing Company, 1896 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... jury returned answers fa- vorable to Caldwell , and adverse to Brown & Kline . On their motion , however , these find- ings were set aside , and a new trial was anted , and this took place October 24 , 1891 . Issue Caldwell demanded a jury ...
... jury returned answers fa- vorable to Caldwell , and adverse to Brown & Kline . On their motion , however , these find- ings were set aside , and a new trial was anted , and this took place October 24 , 1891 . Issue Caldwell demanded a jury ...
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... jury . A chal- lenge to the array was sustained , but most of the jurors who had been summoned on the regular panel were included in the special venire , and called into the jury box . This was entirely proper . They were not person ...
... jury . A chal- lenge to the array was sustained , but most of the jurors who had been summoned on the regular panel were included in the special venire , and called into the jury box . This was entirely proper . They were not person ...
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... jury , laid down the proper measure of damage , and also attempted to eliminate any error arising from the introduc- tion of such testimony by instructing the jury that such testimony had been admitted to throw light upon what would ...
... jury , laid down the proper measure of damage , and also attempted to eliminate any error arising from the introduc- tion of such testimony by instructing the jury that such testimony had been admitted to throw light upon what would ...
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... jury upon the elements of damages ; and that the amount of damages allowed by the jury was excessive , and given under the influence of passion and prejudice . The first complaint is of such a nature that it can receive but little ...
... jury upon the elements of damages ; and that the amount of damages allowed by the jury was excessive , and given under the influence of passion and prejudice . The first complaint is of such a nature that it can receive but little ...
Page 49
... jury acted under preju- dice , partiality , or gross ignorance or disre- gard of their duty . " A marriage engagement is not a mere matter of sentiment , and may properly be considered as , in one sense , a business transaction ...
... jury acted under preju- dice , partiality , or gross ignorance or disre- gard of their duty . " A marriage engagement is not a mere matter of sentiment , and may properly be considered as , in one sense , a business transaction ...
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Page 300 - The General Assembly shall not pass local or special laws in any of the following enumerated cases...
Page 356 - A contract in writing may be altered by a contract in writing, or by an executed oral agreement, and not otherwise.
Page 423 - Express malice is that deliberate intention unlawfully to take away the life of a fellow creature, which is manifested by external circumstances, capable of proof. Malice is implied, when no considerable provocation appears, or when all the circumstances of the killing show an abandoned and malignant heart.
Page 261 - Appeal from order sustaining a demurrer to the complaint on the ground that it failed to state a cause of action.
Page 189 - In consideration of the stipulations herein named and of dollars premium does insure for the term of from the day of 19 , at noon, to the day of *..... 19. . . ., at noon, against all direct loss or damage by fire, except as hereinafter provided...
Page 227 - Except as hereinafter otherwise provided, every express trust in real property, valid as such in its creation, vests the whole estate in the trustees, subject only to the execution of the trust. The beneficiaries take no estate or interest in the property, but may enforce the performance of the trust.
Page 95 - ... 1. For a public offense committed or attempted in his presence; 2. When a person arrested has committed a felony, although not in his presence ; 3. When a felony has in fact been committed, and he has reasonable cause for believing the person arrested to have committed it; 4.
Page 165 - Parties to a question in difference, which might be the subject of a civil action, may, without action, agree upon a case containing the facts upon which the controversy depends, and present a submission of the same to any court which would have jurisdiction if an action had been brought; but it must appear, by affidavit, that the controversy is real and the proceedings in good faith, to determine the rights of the parties.
Page vii - Two hours on each side will be allowed for the argument, and no more, without special leave of the court, granted before the argument begins. The time thus allowed may be apportioned between the counsel on the same side, at their discretion...
Page 420 - When a sheriff or other public officer authorized to execute process finds, or has reason to apprehend that resistance will be made to the execution of the process, he may command as many male inhabitants of his county as he may think proper to assist him in overcoming the resistance, and, if necessary, in seizing, arresting, and confining the persons resisting, their aiders and abettors.