The American Reports: Containing All Decisions of General Interest Decided in the Courts of Last Resort of the Several States with Notes and References, Volumen51Bancroft-Whitney, 1885 |
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... land— statute of frauds . An oral gift of land by father to son , accompanied by open and exclusive pos- session by the son , and followed by further improvements by him to the knowledge of the father , is not within the statute of ...
... land— statute of frauds . An oral gift of land by father to son , accompanied by open and exclusive pos- session by the son , and followed by further improvements by him to the knowledge of the father , is not within the statute of ...
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... land from father to son , proven and established as the law requires ; with notorious and exclusive possession taken , retained and continued in pursuance of an agreement to give the same , with full knowledge upon the part of the donor ...
... land from father to son , proven and established as the law requires ; with notorious and exclusive possession taken , retained and continued in pursuance of an agreement to give the same , with full knowledge upon the part of the donor ...
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... lands , upon the faith of which such possession has been taken and such improvements made , although there is in such ... land for a valuable consideration to be paid therefor by the promisee , such promise , under this precise state of ...
... lands , upon the faith of which such possession has been taken and such improvements made , although there is in such ... land for a valuable consideration to be paid therefor by the promisee , such promise , under this precise state of ...
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... land for a valuable consideration . Permitting the promisor to avoid per- formance operates as a fraud as much in the latter case as in the former , so far as expenditures upon improvements are concerned . The counsel for the appellant ...
... land for a valuable consideration . Permitting the promisor to avoid per- formance operates as a fraud as much in the latter case as in the former , so far as expenditures upon improvements are concerned . The counsel for the appellant ...
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... lands when specified payments were made , was held entitled to recover , in an action for its conversion , not the value of his inter- est in the land under the certificate , but such sum as would recom- pense him for any actual loss he ...
... lands when specified payments were made , was held entitled to recover , in an action for its conversion , not the value of his inter- est in the land under the certificate , but such sum as would recom- pense him for any actual loss he ...
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action agent agreement alleged Anderson 5 Mont appellant appellee applied authority Bank bill bill of lading carrier cause cent charge choses in action circumstances cited claim common carrier common law complainant consignee Constitution contract corporation court court of equity creditors damages debt debtor decision declared deed defendant defendant's denied doctrine domicile duty entitled equity error evidence execution fact fraud freight held horse husband injury intent judge Judgment affirmed jury land larceny laws of France legislature liable mandamus marriage Mass ment mortgage negligence nuisance Ohio St opinion owner paid Parchen parties payment Penn person plaintiff plaintiff in error possession principle profits purchaser purpose question railroad company reason refused remedy rule says sold statute statute of frauds sustained testimony thereof tion trial wife witness
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Página 434 - Where two parties have made a contract which one of them has broken, the damages which the other party ought to receive in respect of such breach of contract should be such as may fairly and reasonably be considered either arising naturally, ie, according to the usual course of things, from such breach of contract itself, or such as may reasonably be supposed to have been in the contemplation of both parties, at the time they made the contract, as the probable result of the breach of it.
Página 811 - Duress, in its more extended sense, means that degree of constraint or danger, either actually inflicted or threatened and impending, which is sufficient, in severity or in apprehension, to overcome the mind and will of a person of ordinary firmness.* Opinion of the court.
Página 785 - The writ of mandamus may be denominated the writ of mandate.— 1873-345. 1085. It may be issued by any court, except a justice's or police court, to any inferior tribunal, corporation, board, or person, to compel the performance of an act which the law specially enjoins, as a duty resulting from an office, trust, or station...
Página 694 - The State of California is an inseparable part of the American Union, and the Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land.
Página 276 - It may be defined to be a transfer of the absolute or general property In a thing for a price in money.
Página 146 - ... or any other officer of the state, except legislative and judicial, elective or appointed, and to appoint a successor for the remainder of their respective unexpired term of office, and report the causes of such removal to the legislature, at its next session.
Página 696 - To declare what shall be a nuisance, and to abate the same ; and to impose fines upon parties who may create, continue or suffer nuisances to exist Seventy-sixth — To appoint a board of health, and prescribe its powers and duties.
Página 722 - Now, if the special circumstances under which the contract was actually made were communicated by the plaintiffs to the defendants, and thus known to both parties, the damages resulting from the breach of such a contract, which they would reasonably contemplate, would be the amount of injury which would ordinarily follow from a breach of contract under these special circumstances, so known and communicated.
Página 800 - Laws shall be passed, taxing by a uniform rule, all moneys, credits, investments in bonds, stocks, joint stock companies, or otherwise; and also all real and personal property, according to its true value in money...
Página 800 - It shall be the duty of the Legislature to provide for the organization of cities and incorporated villages, and to restrict their power of taxation, assessment, borrowing money, contracting debts, and loaning their credit, so as to prevent abuses in assessments and in contracting debt by such municipal corporations...