Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Alabama, Volumen42 |
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... contract be- tween him and John F. Blue . The evidence discloses , that in 1848 the sheriff of Wilcox county levied an execution against said Blue , upon a negro man named Bob , the slave in controversy , as his property . Before the ...
... contract be- tween him and John F. Blue . The evidence discloses , that in 1848 the sheriff of Wilcox county levied an execution against said Blue , upon a negro man named Bob , the slave in controversy , as his property . Before the ...
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... contract , nothing upon which to rest Sterrett's promise that Blue might redeem , and the contract was nudum pactum . There was not even an agreement on the part of Blue that he would redeem . The contract was not in any event binding ...
... contract , nothing upon which to rest Sterrett's promise that Blue might redeem , and the contract was nudum pactum . There was not even an agreement on the part of Blue that he would redeem . The contract was not in any event binding ...
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... contract , that the act must be done in a reasonable time . But this rule does not apply , where the law itself prescribes a time . The defendant , before he sold the property , was bound to give the plaintiff notice and call upon him ...
... contract , that the act must be done in a reasonable time . But this rule does not apply , where the law itself prescribes a time . The defendant , before he sold the property , was bound to give the plaintiff notice and call upon him ...
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... contract , the law requires promptness and precision on the part of the vendor in the assertion of his right to repur- chase ; especially when the vendee pays a fair valuation for the property , as he did in the present case . No ...
... contract , the law requires promptness and precision on the part of the vendor in the assertion of his right to repur- chase ; especially when the vendee pays a fair valuation for the property , as he did in the present case . No ...
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... contract form part and parcel of the written contract as fully as if written out in extenso in the contract . — Nave v . Berry , 22 Ala . Rep . 382 . It must be kept steadily in mind , that the obligations and duties of the defendant ...
... contract form part and parcel of the written contract as fully as if written out in extenso in the contract . — Nave v . Berry , 22 Ala . Rep . 382 . It must be kept steadily in mind , that the obligations and duties of the defendant ...
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A. J. WALKER action Adm'r administrator affirmed Alabama alleged amount appellant appellee application assigned authority averred bill of exceptions bonds BYRD cause Chancery Court charge asked circuit court claim common law complaint Conference South contract cotton court of equity Dallas county damages deceased declarations decree deed defect defendant excepted demurrer detinue distributees dollars engine entitled equity error evidence execution executor facts filed final settlement garnishee GEORGE GOLDTHWAITE Gilmer guardian Hanrick heirs injury interest judge judgment land legacy letters testamentary liable ment Mobile & Ohio motion notice objection Ohio R. R. overruled paid parties payment petition plaintiff plea pleading possession probate court promissory note proof purchase question record recover refused remanded rendered rent Revised Code rule sheriff slaves statute suit sustained term testator thereof tion trial trust unlawful detainer Westley Thomas Wife witness
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Página 614 - President of the United States, and commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States, do hereby appoint William W.
Página 614 - ... SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That all slaves of persons who shall hereafter be engaged in rebellion against the Government of the United States, or who shall in any way give aid or comfort thereto, escaping from such persons and taking refuge within the lines of the army, and all slaves captured from such persons or deserted by them and coming under the control of the Government of the United States...
Página 525 - if any man and woman live together in adultery or fornication, each of them must, on the first conviction of the offence, be fined not less than one hundred dollars, and may also be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than six months.
Página 98 - If, in foreign invasion or civil war, the courts are actually closed, and it is impossible to administer criminal justice according to law, then, on the theater of active military operations, where war really prevails, there is a necessity to furnish a substitute for the civil authority, thus overthrown...
Página 367 - if a man, by deed, limit lands to the use of himself for life, with remainder to the...
Página 121 - That in actions by or against executors, administrators, or guardians, in which judgment may be rendered for or against them, neither party shall be allowed to testify against the other, as to any transaction with, or statement by, the testator, intestate, or ward, unless called to testify thereto by the opposite party, or required to testify thereto by the court.
Página 99 - Martial Law in a hostile country consists in the suspension, by the occupying military authority, of the criminal and civil law, and of the domestic administration and government in .the occupied place or territory, and in the substitution of military rule and force for the same, as well as in the dictation of general laws, as far as military necessity requires this suspension, substitution, or dictation.
Página 260 - a judgment recovered in any form of action is still but a security for the original cause of action until it be made productive in satisfaction to the party.
Página 767 - Their jurisdiction in civil cases shall be limited to causes in which the amount in controversy shall not exceed fifty dollars. And in all cases tried by a Justice of the Peace, right of appeal shall be secured, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by law.
Página 98 - For martial law, which is built upon no settled principles, but is entirely arbitrary in its decisions, is, as Sir Matthew Hale observes, in truth and. reality no law, but .something indulged rather than allowed as a law.