Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Alabama, Volumen14 |
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... statute , it cannot ob- tain jurisdiction , unless the statute be strictly complied with . The orphans ' court is the creature of the statute , with powers and duties limited and prescribed by the various legislative enactments which ...
... statute , it cannot ob- tain jurisdiction , unless the statute be strictly complied with . The orphans ' court is the creature of the statute , with powers and duties limited and prescribed by the various legislative enactments which ...
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... statute law the constable may take such a bond . By the act of 1807 , ( Clay's Dig . 210 , ) it is enacted , that if any sheriff shall levy an execution on property , and doubts shall arise , whether the right to the property is in the ...
... statute law the constable may take such a bond . By the act of 1807 , ( Clay's Dig . 210 , ) it is enacted , that if any sheriff shall levy an execution on property , and doubts shall arise , whether the right to the property is in the ...
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... statute provides a legal remedy . With- out the statute , there would be no chancery jurisdiction , and the statute gives none . 2. The statute should not be construed to apply , except where the contracting party owns the land , and ...
... statute provides a legal remedy . With- out the statute , there would be no chancery jurisdiction , and the statute gives none . 2. The statute should not be construed to apply , except where the contracting party owns the land , and ...
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... statute provides , he being a non - resi- dent defendant . JOHN A. CAMPBELL , for appellees . CHILTON , J. - The bill in this case is filed by James S. Deas , to enforce a lien as a builder , under the statute of 1834 , ( Digest , 375 ...
... statute provides , he being a non - resi- dent defendant . JOHN A. CAMPBELL , for appellees . CHILTON , J. - The bill in this case is filed by James S. Deas , to enforce a lien as a builder , under the statute of 1834 , ( Digest , 375 ...
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... statute , as the argu- ment supposes , but it is sufficient if the statute create the equitable right , and that it comes within the ordinary and appropriate jurisdiction of the equity court , and that the ex- ercise of such ...
... statute , as the argu- ment supposes , but it is sufficient if the statute create the equitable right , and that it comes within the ordinary and appropriate jurisdiction of the equity court , and that the ex- ercise of such ...
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Página 276 - 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 606 - ... 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...
Página 260 - common carrier" has, therefore, been defined to be one who undertakes for hire or reward to transport the goods of such as choose to employ him from place to place.
Página 765 - Field, now a member of this court, that "the interest mentioned in the statute which entitles a person to intervene in a suit between other parties must be in the matter in litigation, and of such a direct and immediate character that the intervenor will either gain or lose by the direct legal operation and effect of the judgment.
Página 397 - The true test of the interest of a witness is, that he will either gain or lose by the direct legal operation and effect of the judgment, or that the record will be legal evidence for or against him in some other action.
Página 24 - America, for the payment of which well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents.
Página 260 - I take it to be exceedingly clear, that no person is a common carrier in the sense of the law, who is not a carrier for hire ; that is, who does not receive, or is not entitled to receive, any recompense for his services. The known definition of a common carrier, in all our books, fully establishes this result.
Página 403 - So far as an offence has been committed against the public peace and morals, the corporate authorities have no power to inflict punishment, and we are not informed that they have attempted to arrogate it. It is altogether immaterial whether the State tribunal has interfered and exercised its powers in bringing the defendant before it to answer for the assault and battery ; for whether he has there been punished or acquitted is alike unimportant.
Página 403 - The object of the power conferred by the charter, and the purpose of the ordinance itself, was not to punish for an...
Página 358 - ... where any loan of goods and chattels shall be pretended to have been made to any person with whom, or those claiming under him, possession shall have remained by the space of five years, without demand made and pursued by due process at law, on the part of the pretended lender...