The American Reports: Containing All Decisions of General Interest Decided in the Courts of Last Resort of the Several States with Notes and References, Volumen49Bancroft-Whitney, 1885 |
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... jury , under the rules above declared . If the jury find there was an express or implied agreement , such as is referred to above , then plaintiff , appellee , did not have a present , unconditional right to the four bales of cotton ...
... jury , under the rules above declared . If the jury find there was an express or implied agreement , such as is referred to above , then plaintiff , appellee , did not have a present , unconditional right to the four bales of cotton ...
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... jury the inquiry whether or not there was a usage at the Eufaul depot of the defendant railroad company to dispense with the regu- lations prescribed in the superintendent's circular . It will be remembered there was testimony tending ...
... jury the inquiry whether or not there was a usage at the Eufaul depot of the defendant railroad company to dispense with the regu- lations prescribed in the superintendent's circular . It will be remembered there was testimony tending ...
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... jury , and that " no person shall be deprived of life , liberty , or property , without due process of law " ; that he had the right to submit to a jury , in a regular action instituted to that end , evidence as to what would be a ...
... jury , and that " no person shall be deprived of life , liberty , or property , without due process of law " ; that he had the right to submit to a jury , in a regular action instituted to that end , evidence as to what would be a ...
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... jury does not apply to such a case as this . There is no question of fact for a jury to try . The court fixes the amount , and when so fixed it is settled . It is also urged that there was no power to direct the money to be paid on the ...
... jury does not apply to such a case as this . There is no question of fact for a jury to try . The court fixes the amount , and when so fixed it is settled . It is also urged that there was no power to direct the money to be paid on the ...
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... jury , the case was submitted to the court , which on hear- ing the evidence found that the defendants did assume as the plaintiff had declared , and that the consideration for the note and the assumpsit was for loan office certificates ...
... jury , the case was submitted to the court , which on hear- ing the evidence found that the defendants did assume as the plaintiff had declared , and that the consideration for the note and the assumpsit was for loan office certificates ...
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Página 179 - J., observed that in order for it to apply "there must be reasonable evidence of negligence, but where the thing is shown to be under the management of the defendant or his servants, and the accident is such as in the ordinary course of things does not happen, if those who have the management use proper care, it affords reasonable evidence, in the absence of explanation by the defendants, that the accident arose from want of care.
Página 562 - But no person shall hold the office of Justice or Judge of any court longer than until and including the last day of December next, after he shall be seventy years of age.
Página 302 - The police power of the state extends to the protection of the lives, limbs, health, comfort, and quiet of all persons, and the protection of all property within the state; • • • and persons and property are subjected to all kinds of restraints and burdens. In order to secure the general comfort, health, and prosperity of the state; of the perfect right in the legislature to do which no question ever was, or, upon acknowledged general principles, ever can be, made, so far as natural persons...
Página 740 - If the remedy at law . is sufficient, equity cannot give relief, "but it is not enough that * there is a remedy at law; it must be plain and adequate, or. in other words, as practical and efficient to the ends of justice, and its prompt administration, as the remedy in equity.
Página 695 - If a guardian, tenant for life or years, joint tenant, or tenant in common of real property, commit waste thereon, any person aggrieved by the waste may bring an action against him therefor, in which action there may be judgment for treble damages.
Página 691 - The Governor shall have the power to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons after conviction, for all offenses except treason and cases of impeachment, upon such conditions and with such restrictions and limitations, as he may think proper, subject to such regulations as may be provided by law relative to the manner of applying for pardons.
Página 73 - A pardon is a deed, to the validity of which delivery is essential ; and delivery is not complete without acceptance. It may then be rejected by the person to whom it is tendered ; and if it be rejected, we have discovered no power in a court to force it on him.
Página 400 - It appears to us that the proper question for the jury in this case, and indeed in all others of the like kind, is, whether the damage was occasioned entirely by the negligence or improper conduct of the defendant, or whether the plaintiff himself so far contributed to the misfortune by his own negligence or want of ordinary and common care and caution, that, but for such negligence or want of ordinary care and caution on his part, the misfortune would not have happened.
Página 133 - whether a demand connected with an illegal transaction is capable of being enforced at law, is whether the plaintiff requires the aid of the illegal transaction to establish his case.
Página 709 - ... with intent to influence his act, vote, opinion, decision or judgment on any matter, question, cause or proceeding which may be then pending, or may by law come or be brought before him in his official capacity...