Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania: With Some Select Cases at Nisi Prius, and in the Circuit Courts, Volumen2J. Campbell, 1871 |
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... prove the for- gery of his own note , he could not be a competent witness , because he would be prima facie liable to pay his own note . Leach . 289. And in the same case , ( 288 , ) the words of Lord Mansfield are quoted : " courts of ...
... prove the for- gery of his own note , he could not be a competent witness , because he would be prima facie liable to pay his own note . Leach . 289. And in the same case , ( 288 , ) the words of Lord Mansfield are quoted : " courts of ...
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... proved to be counterfeited , and therefore he could gain nothing on such conviction . Should the defendant's acquittal take place , it will not be pretended that Morgan can either gain or lose thereby . But by the court . The witness is ...
... proved to be counterfeited , and therefore he could gain nothing on such conviction . Should the defendant's acquittal take place , it will not be pretended that Morgan can either gain or lose thereby . But by the court . The witness is ...
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... prove the state of papers offered in evidence , when he found them , and where they were found , from the necessity of the case . But papers purporting to be cancelled bonds , cannot be received in evidence without proof that they once ...
... prove the state of papers offered in evidence , when he found them , and where they were found , from the necessity of the case . But papers purporting to be cancelled bonds , cannot be received in evidence without proof that they once ...
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... prove his authority . The defendant's counsel excepted thereto . By the court . The power of an agent authorized to sell lands must be in writing , and proved by indifferent witnesses , under the act " for the prevention of frauds and ...
... prove his authority . The defendant's counsel excepted thereto . By the court . The power of an agent authorized to sell lands must be in writing , and proved by indifferent witnesses , under the act " for the prevention of frauds and ...
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... prove to be of sufficient value to pay the mortgage money ; but the want of this ceremony could not possibly invalidate the mortgage . Judgment for the plaintiff . WILLIAM MONTGOMERY STARRETT against EPHRAIM DOUGLASS , esq . On a ...
... prove to be of sufficient value to pay the mortgage money ; but the want of this ceremony could not possibly invalidate the mortgage . Judgment for the plaintiff . WILLIAM MONTGOMERY STARRETT against EPHRAIM DOUGLASS , esq . On a ...
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acres action admitted aforesaid afterwards agreed agreement appeared application assigns authority bill bond bound brought cause charge circumstances claim common consideration considered contract counsel court creditors dated death debt deed defendant defendant's demand determined devise directed discharge dower effect ejectment entered entitled evidence exception execution executors express fact former give given granted ground heirs held improvement intention interest issue James John judge judgment jury justice lands lessee limitation March matter Messrs mortgage nature notice objected obtained offered opinion paid parties passed payment Penn person plaintiff Pleas possession premises present proof prove purchase question reason received remainder respecting rule Smith sold suit survey taken term thereof third Thomas tion tract trial United verdict warrant whole wife witness
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Página 164 - Pleas, calling upon the plaintiff to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside...
Página 328 - Be the same more or less together with all and singular the hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining and the reversion and reversions remainder and remainders, rents, issues and profits thereof...
Página 158 - And the said records and judicial proceedings, authenticated as aforesaid, shall have such faith and credit given to them in every court within the United States as they have by law or usage in the courts of the State from whence the said records are or shall be taken.
Página 353 - That the Supreme Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all controversies of a civil nature, where a state is a party, except between a state and its citizens; and except also between a state and citizens of other states, or aliens, in which latter case it shall have original but not exclusive jurisdiction.
Página 271 - ... for a rule to show cause why a new trial should not be granted...
Página 349 - That if a suit be commenced in any state court against an alien, or by a citizen of the State in which the suit is brought against a citizen of another State...
Página 349 - That the Circuit Courts of the United States shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several states, of all suits of a civil nature, at common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs, the sum or value of two thousand dollars, and arising under the Constitution or laws of the United States...
Página 357 - L. 78) declares, that the Circuit Courts of the United States shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several States, of all suits of a civil nature at common law or in equity...
Página 408 - That it is a rule in law, when the ancestor by any gift or conveyance takes an estate of freehold, and in the same gift or conveyance an estate is limited, either mediately or immediately, to his heirs in fee or in tail ; that always in such cases (the heirs) are words of limitation of the estate, and not words of purchase...
Página 350 - that the laws of the several states, except where the Constitution, treaties or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States in cases where they apply.