Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Volumen4Philip H. Nicklin, no. 175 Chestnut Street, A. Small, printer, 1821 |
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Página ii - IDE, of the said District, hath deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " Inductive Grammar, designed for beginners. By an Instructer." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States...
Página 13 - Accordingly, it would seem to be a sound rule of law, that wherever a corporation is acting within the scope of the legitimate purposes of its institution, all parol contracts made by its authorized agents, are express promises of the corporation ; and all duties imposed on them by law, and all benefits conferred at their request, raise implied promises, for the enforcement of which an action may well lie.
Página ii - An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the time* therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.
Página 41 - ... for retaliatory orders they are. They are so declared in their own language, and in the uniform language of the government which has established them. I have ) no hesitation in saying that they would cease to be just if they ceased to be retaliatory ; and they would cease to be retaliatory l from the moment the enemy retracts in a sincere manner those' measures of his which they were intended to retaliate.
Página 5 - Books of original entries, verified by the oath of the part)-, and that the entries were made by him, 'have always been received in evidence in Pennsylvania, from necessity, as business is very often carried on by the principal, and many of our tradesmen do not keep clerks. In the country there would be a stagnation of all credit, if this were not the case. It is superfluous to cite authorities to prove a course of proceeding, so notorious to all conversant in Courts of justice.
Página 247 - Short's land. Short seeing this, did not forbid him, but on the contrary very much encouraged it; and when the house was built, he brought an action...
Página 175 - It has been well said that the objection may often sound very ill in the mouth of a defendant, but it is not for his sake the objection is allowed; it is founded on general principles of policy which he shall have the advantage of, contrary to the real justice between the parties. That principle of public policy is that no court will lend its aid to a party who grounds his action upon an immoral or upon an illegal act. . . . The principle to be extracted from all the cases is that the law will not...
Página 39 - It is ALSO AGREED, that the property be warranted by the assured free from any charge, damage or loss, which may arise in consequence of a seizure or detention, for or on account of any illicit or prohibited trade or any trade in articles contraband of war.
Página 123 - ... liable as the principal debtor, unless the assent in writing of a majority in number and value of his creditors to whom he...
Página 2 - A Treatise on the Principles of Pleading in Civil Actions ; comprising a Summary Account of the whole proceedings in a Suit at Law ; being the Seventh Edition of Mr. Serjeant Stephen's work under that title, with Alterations adapting it to the Present System. Seventh Edition. By FRANCIS F. FINDER, Barrister-at-Law. 8vo. 1866. 16*. POOR LAW.— Davis...