Atlantic Reporter, Volume 36West Publishing Company, 1897 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 12
... decree in personam against said Ed- mund C. Bowie for the amount of said de- ficiency , filed his petition in said equity cause , in compliance with the provisions of the act of assembly of 1892 ( chapter 111 ) , and , after due notice ...
... decree in personam against said Ed- mund C. Bowie for the amount of said de- ficiency , filed his petition in said equity cause , in compliance with the provisions of the act of assembly of 1892 ( chapter 111 ) , and , after due notice ...
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... decree . The petition in that case was dismissed , because evidence that the defendant gambled , and did not sup- port the petitioner , was held not to have shown a desertion , and because a decree must be refused where it is asked upon ...
... decree . The petition in that case was dismissed , because evidence that the defendant gambled , and did not sup- port the petitioner , was held not to have shown a desertion , and because a decree must be refused where it is asked upon ...
Page 52
... decree , plaintiff ap peals . Reversed . In 1878 , Sidney A. Ensign gave plaintiff , his son , a note for $ 2,600 , and a mortgage on a vacant lot as security . The Society for Savings and Maria Pitkin each held a prior mortgage . In ...
... decree , plaintiff ap peals . Reversed . In 1878 , Sidney A. Ensign gave plaintiff , his son , a note for $ 2,600 , and a mortgage on a vacant lot as security . The Society for Savings and Maria Pitkin each held a prior mortgage . In ...
Page 116
... decree that it is " absolutely null and void , to all intents and purposes what- soever , " where the decree further directs that the property shall be sold , and the proceeds brought into court , to be distributed under the direction ...
... decree that it is " absolutely null and void , to all intents and purposes what- soever , " where the decree further directs that the property shall be sold , and the proceeds brought into court , to be distributed under the direction ...
Page 117
... decree in favor of complainants , defendants appeal . Affirmed . Argued before McSHERRY , C. J. , and BRYAN , FOWLER , BRISCOE , PAGE , BOYD , and RUSSUM , JJ . Thos . C. Clendinen and William Colton , for appellants . Charles E. Cockey ...
... decree in favor of complainants , defendants appeal . Affirmed . Argued before McSHERRY , C. J. , and BRYAN , FOWLER , BRISCOE , PAGE , BOYD , and RUSSUM , JJ . Thos . C. Clendinen and William Colton , for appellants . Charles E. Cockey ...
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