The New-York Legal Observer, Volume 5Samuel Owen Samuel Owen, 1847 - Law |
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... verdict was taken for the defendant . The case went to the jury without notice of any proof that the she- riff acted under a writ sued out by the judgment creditor , the effect of the recital in the warrant being overlooked by all par ...
... verdict was taken for the defendant . The case went to the jury without notice of any proof that the she- riff acted under a writ sued out by the judgment creditor , the effect of the recital in the warrant being overlooked by all par ...
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... verdict of v . The Duke of Rutland , 6 Bro . Parl . a jury before a court of equity is called Cases , 575 , as precisely in point , to show upon to enjoin him from setting it up . that a mere adverse claim , and that as- But this suit ...
... verdict of v . The Duke of Rutland , 6 Bro . Parl . a jury before a court of equity is called Cases , 575 , as precisely in point , to show upon to enjoin him from setting it up . that a mere adverse claim , and that as- But this suit ...
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... verdict for the plain- tiff for $ 778 17 . Application was now made for a new trial . Balch , sen . , A. Orville and Balch , jr . , for the plaintiffs , contended that the American authorities had never gone the length contended for ...
... verdict for the plain- tiff for $ 778 17 . Application was now made for a new trial . Balch , sen . , A. Orville and Balch , jr . , for the plaintiffs , contended that the American authorities had never gone the length contended for ...
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Samuel Owen. Privy Council . - Cowie v . Remfry . thereupon obtained a verdict for damages and costs . The facts of the case and the substantial parts of the evidence bearing upon this question of law , are fully stated in the judgment ...
Samuel Owen. Privy Council . - Cowie v . Remfry . thereupon obtained a verdict for damages and costs . The facts of the case and the substantial parts of the evidence bearing upon this question of law , are fully stated in the judgment ...
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... verdict . If not , the first letter Montagu Chambers , Butt and Edwin being stated by way of inducement , it is James , showed cause . - As to the first count , sufficient to set it out in substance . Sup- the inducements , colloquium ...
... verdict . If not , the first letter Montagu Chambers , Butt and Edwin being stated by way of inducement , it is James , showed cause . - As to the first count , sufficient to set it out in substance . Sup- the inducements , colloquium ...
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Page 345 - Be it therefore enacted, that whensoever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such as would (if death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof, then and in every such case the person who would have been liable if death had not ensued shall be liable to an action for damages, notwithstanding the death of the person injured, and although the death shall have been...
Page 345 - ... in every such action the jury may give such damages as they may think proportioned to the injury resulting from such death to the parties respectively for whom and for whose benefit such action shall be brought...
Page 357 - ... the buyer shall accept part of the goods or choses in action so contracted to be sold or sold, and actually receive the same, or give something in earnest to bind the contract, or in part payment, or unless some note or memorandum in writing of the contract or sale be signed by the party to be charged or his agent in that behalf.
Page 427 - SECTION 21. And be it further enacted, That, in order to avoid misconstruction, it is hereby declared to be the true intent and meaning of this act, so far as the question of slavery is concerned, to carry into practical operation the following propositions and principles, established by the compromise measures of 1850, to wit:
Page 285 - That no goods, wares, or merchandise, unless in cases provided for by treaty, shall be imported into the United States from any foreign port or place, except in vessels of the United States, or in such foreign vessels as truly and wholly belong to the citizens or subjects of that country of which the goods are the growth, production, or manufacture, or from which such goods, wares, or merchandise can only be, or most usually are, first shipped for transportation.
Page 370 - Our constitution declares a treaty to be the law of the land. It is, consequently, to be regarded in courts of justice as equivalent to an act of the legislature, whenever it operates of itself without the aid of any legislative provision.
Page 288 - To use the words of a celebrated authority, "when a nation takes possession of a distant country, and settles a Colony there, that country, though separated from the principal establishment or mother country, naturally becomes a part of the State, equally with its ancient possessions.
Page 133 - No member of this state shall be disfranchised, or deprived of any of the rights or privileges secured to any citizen thereof, unless by the law of the land or the judgment of his peers.
Page 176 - The Consuls, Vice-Consuls, and Commercial Agents shall have the right, as such, to sit as judges and arbitrators in such differences as may arise between the captains and crews of the vessels belonging to the nation whose interests are committed to their charge, without the interference of the local authorities...
Page 448 - ... any other of the next of kin who would be entitled to share in the distribution of the estate.