The American and English Encyclopedia of Law, Volume 7John Houston Merrill, Thomas Johnson Michie, Charles Frederic Williams, David Shephard Garland E. Thompson, 1889 - Law |
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... plaintiff's title by operation of the statute of limitations ; and such delay does not estop the plaintiff to contest the validity of the deed . Meley v . Collins , 41 Cal . 663 ; s . c . , 10 Am . Rep . 279 . Improvements on Land . If ...
... plaintiff's title by operation of the statute of limitations ; and such delay does not estop the plaintiff to contest the validity of the deed . Meley v . Collins , 41 Cal . 663 ; s . c . , 10 Am . Rep . 279 . Improvements on Land . If ...
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... plaintiff , are admissible against the latter , without proof that they were truly the plaintiff's state- ments . Camerlin v . Palmer , 10 Allen ( Mass . ) , 539 . Where declarations were offered in evi- dence as having been made in the ...
... plaintiff , are admissible against the latter , without proof that they were truly the plaintiff's state- ments . Camerlin v . Palmer , 10 Allen ( Mass . ) , 539 . Where declarations were offered in evi- dence as having been made in the ...
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... plaintiff was present and heard the evidence , and made no objection to its corrections , held , that the evidence was inadmissible ; that S. was not estopped from denying the truth of the evidence by having used it upon the former ...
... plaintiff was present and heard the evidence , and made no objection to its corrections , held , that the evidence was inadmissible ; that S. was not estopped from denying the truth of the evidence by having used it upon the former ...
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... plaintiff to prove , that immediately prior to the sale he had been directed not to trust such third party , because he was not responsible ; and he may prove it by the party giving him the information . Bronner v . Frauenthal , 37 ...
... plaintiff to prove , that immediately prior to the sale he had been directed not to trust such third party , because he was not responsible ; and he may prove it by the party giving him the information . Bronner v . Frauenthal , 37 ...
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... plaintiff was a passenger , leaving the track , alleged to have occurred on account of the defective condition of such track , held , that the admission of evidence , on behalf of the plaintiff , of the condition of the road at a point ...
... plaintiff was a passenger , leaving the track , alleged to have occurred on account of the defective condition of such track , held , that the admission of evidence , on behalf of the plaintiff , of the condition of the road at a point ...
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Page 79 - Comparison of a disputed writing with any writing proved to the satisfaction of the Judge to be genuine shall be permitted to be made by witnesses; and such writings, and the evidence of witnesses respecting the same, may be submitted to the Court and jury as evidence of the genuineness, or otherwise, of the writing in dispute.
Page 94 - The burden of proof as to any particular fact lies on that person who wishes the Court to believe in its existence unless it is provided by any law that the proof of that fact shall lie on any particular person.
Page 57 - This rule excludes all evidence of collateral facts, or those which are incapable of affording any reasonable presumption or inference, as to the principal fact or matter in dispute...
Page 109 - Court considers it likely that the transaction was at that time fresh in his memory. The witness may also refer to any such writing made by any other person and read by the witness within the time aforesaid, if when he read it he knew it to be correct.
Page 274 - that nothing was better established than this principle, that money directed to be employed in the purchase of land, and land directed to be sold and turned into money, are to be considered as that species of property into which they are directed to be converted...
Page 86 - In case (e) or (/), a certified copy of the document, but no other kind of secondary evidence, is admissible. In case (g), evidence may be given as to the general result of the documents by any person who has examined them, and who is skilled in the examination of such documents.
Page 113 - Sale or exchange is a transmutation of property from one man to another, in consideration of some price or recompense in value: for there is no sale without a recompense; there must be quid pro quo.
Page 95 - ... was born during the continuance of a valid marriage between his mother and any man, or within two hundred and eighty days after its dissolution, the mother remaining unmarried, shall be conclusive proof that he is the legitimate son of that man, unless it can be shown that the parties to the marriage had no access to each other at any time when he could have been begotten.
Page 70 - ... behalf of the party to whom such payment shall be made, shall be deemed sufficient proof of such payment, so as to take the case out of the operation of either of the said statutes.
Page 99 - Every bill of lading in the hands of a consignee or endorsee for valuable consideration, representing goods to have been shipped on board a vessel, shall be conclusive evidence of such shipment as against the master or other person signing the same, notwithstanding that such goods or some part thereof may not have been so shipped...