The American Jurist and Law Magazine, Volumen6;Volumen24Freeman & Bolles, 1843 |
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... rule , namely , when the words " do not fully ex- press " the intention of the contracting parties . They might , perhaps , be as properly classed under the third rule , that " the subject - matter of an agreement is to be considered in ...
... rule , namely , when the words " do not fully ex- press " the intention of the contracting parties . They might , perhaps , be as properly classed under the third rule , that " the subject - matter of an agreement is to be considered in ...
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... rule of pleading , that things must be pleaded ac- cording to their legal operation . But where a thing may operate in two ways , at the election of the party , he may plead it in one way or the other , according to his election , as in ...
... rule of pleading , that things must be pleaded ac- cording to their legal operation . But where a thing may operate in two ways , at the election of the party , he may plead it in one way or the other , according to his election , as in ...
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... rule , that where the language of an- cient instruments is obscure , or their construction doubtful , usage may be resorted to , as it is the best practical exposi- tion of the parties ' meaning . In Attorney General v . Par- ker , lord ...
... rule , that where the language of an- cient instruments is obscure , or their construction doubtful , usage may be resorted to , as it is the best practical exposi- tion of the parties ' meaning . In Attorney General v . Par- ker , lord ...
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... rule of construction applies to ancient charters granted to corporations , as well as to grants to in- dividuals ... rules , which are adopted for the construction of contracts , are ap- plicable to the construction of statutes ; and for ...
... rule of construction applies to ancient charters granted to corporations , as well as to grants to in- dividuals ... rules , which are adopted for the construction of contracts , are ap- plicable to the construction of statutes ; and for ...
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... rule , however , applied only to deeds poll , because the words of an indenture were regarded as the words of each . party alike . ' The rule of the civil law is the same in terms , but di- rectly the reverse in its meaning and ...
... rule , however , applied only to deeds poll , because the words of an indenture were regarded as the words of each . party alike . ' The rule of the civil law is the same in terms , but di- rectly the reverse in its meaning and ...
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Página 454 - A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law. it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly, or as incidental to its very existence.
Página 441 - An act to provide for the better security of the lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam...
Página 259 - The sober people of America are weary of the fluctuating policy which has directed the public councils. They have seen with regret and with indignation that sudden changes and legislative interferences in cases affecting personal rights become jobs in the hands of enterprising and influential speculators, and snares to the more industrious and less informed part of the community.
Página 268 - This is plainly a contract to which the donors, the trustees, and the crown (to whose rights and obligations New Hampshire succeeds) were the original parties. It is a contract made on a valuable consideration. It is a contract for the security and disposition of property. It is a contract on the faith of which real and personal estate has been conveyed to the corporation.
Página 458 - ... a party has no right to cross-examine any witness except as to facts and circumstances connected with the matters stated In his direct examination. If he wishes to -examine him as to other matters, he must do so by making the witness his own, and calling him, as such, in the subsequent progress of the cause.
Página 26 - Till subdued by age and illness, his conversation was more brilliant and instructive than that of any human being I ever had the good fortune to be acquainted with. His memory (vast and prodigious as it was) he so managed as to make it a source of pleasure and instruction, rather than that dreadful engine of colloquial oppression into which it is sometimes erected.
Página 31 - Why should Honesty fly to some safer retreat, From attorneys and barges, *od rot 'em ? For the lawyers are just at the top of the street, And the barges are just at the bottom.
Página 167 - Benjamin, that a contract for the sale of goods to be delivered at a future day is valid, even though the seller has not the goods nor any other means of getting them than to go into the market and buy them...
Página 446 - The mode of conducting trials, the order of introducing evidence, and the times when it is to be introduced, are, properly, matters belonging to the practice of the Circuit Courts, with which this Court ought not to interfere...
Página 201 - ... it is too late to object to the jurisdiction of the Court, on the ground that the plaintiff has an adequate remedy at law, which he might have pursued.