The American Reports: Containing All Decisions of General Interest Decided in the Courts of Last Resort of the Several States with Notes and References, Volume 49Bancroft-Whitney, 1885 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... than three , to form a corporation " for the purpose of carrying on any lawful business , " excepting certain kinds of business not material to be stated . Pierce v . Drew . adjoining a highway , " OCTOBER TERM , 1883 . 7.
... than three , to form a corporation " for the purpose of carrying on any lawful business , " excepting certain kinds of business not material to be stated . Pierce v . Drew . adjoining a highway , " OCTOBER TERM , 1883 . 7.
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... purpose of transmitting intelligence by electricity , the right to construct lines of telegraph upon and along highways and public roads upon the locations assigned them by the officers of the muni- cipality wherein such ways are ...
... purpose of transmitting intelligence by electricity , the right to construct lines of telegraph upon and along highways and public roads upon the locations assigned them by the officers of the muni- cipality wherein such ways are ...
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... purpose of communicating information by electricity , by means of posts and wires erected along its course , may , in a cer- tain sense , be said to be a use for a purpose similar to that for which highways are established , namely ...
... purpose of communicating information by electricity , by means of posts and wires erected along its course , may , in a cer- tain sense , be said to be a use for a purpose similar to that for which highways are established , namely ...
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... purposes . The result will follow that when his land is taken for a highway he will be entitled to receive , and the public will be compelled to pay damages , one element of which is uncertain . It may happen that no such use will be ...
... purposes . The result will follow that when his land is taken for a highway he will be entitled to receive , and the public will be compelled to pay damages , one element of which is uncertain . It may happen that no such use will be ...
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... purpose . By construction of law , it will also be held to have paid money in the past for expenses which it had no ... purposes of profit , the right to obtain , without payment , a valuable privilege , for which a city or town ...
... purpose . By construction of law , it will also be held to have paid money in the past for expenses which it had no ... purposes of profit , the right to obtain , without payment , a valuable privilege , for which a city or town ...
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Page 179 - J., observed that in order for it to apply "there must be reasonable evidence of negligence, but where the thing is shown to be under the management of the defendant or his servants, and the accident is such as in the ordinary course of things does not happen, if those who have the management use proper care, it affords reasonable evidence, in the absence of explanation by the defendants, that the accident arose from want of care.
Page 562 - But no person shall hold the office of Justice or Judge of any court longer than until and including the last day of December next, after he shall be seventy years of age.
Page 302 - The police power of the state extends to the protection of the lives, limbs, health, comfort, and quiet of all persons, and the protection of all property within the state; • • • and persons and property are subjected to all kinds of restraints and burdens. In order to secure the general comfort, health, and prosperity of the state; of the perfect right in the legislature to do which no question ever was, or, upon acknowledged general principles, ever can be, made, so far as natural persons...
Page 740 - If the remedy at law . is sufficient, equity cannot give relief, "but it is not enough that * there is a remedy at law; it must be plain and adequate, or. in other words, as practical and efficient to the ends of justice, and its prompt administration, as the remedy in equity.
Page 695 - If a guardian, tenant for life or years, joint tenant, or tenant in common of real property, commit waste thereon, any person aggrieved by the waste may bring an action against him therefor, in which action there may be judgment for treble damages.
Page 691 - The Governor shall have the power to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons after conviction, for all offenses except treason and cases of impeachment, upon such conditions and with such restrictions and limitations, as he may think proper, subject to such regulations as may be provided by law relative to the manner of applying for pardons.
Page 73 - A pardon is a deed, to the validity of which delivery is essential ; and delivery is not complete without acceptance. It may then be rejected by the person to whom it is tendered ; and if it be rejected, we have discovered no power in a court to force it on him.
Page 400 - It appears to us that the proper question for the jury in this case, and indeed in all others of the like kind, is, whether the damage was occasioned entirely by the negligence or improper conduct of the defendant, or whether the plaintiff himself so far contributed to the misfortune by his own negligence or want of ordinary and common care and caution, that, but for such negligence or want of ordinary care and caution on his part, the misfortune would not have happened.
Page 133 - whether a demand connected with an illegal transaction is capable of being enforced at law, is whether the plaintiff requires the aid of the illegal transaction to establish his case.
Page 709 - ... 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...