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Page 216
... witness was dismissed he slowly walked from the witness stand , and , as he came opposite the lawyer , he turned to him and said , in a slow , drawling manner , " I say , ' squire ( pointing to the flattened dickey ) , if you don't put ...
... witness was dismissed he slowly walked from the witness stand , and , as he came opposite the lawyer , he turned to him and said , in a slow , drawling manner , " I say , ' squire ( pointing to the flattened dickey ) , if you don't put ...
Page 217
... witness or witnesses thereto , as in case of ordinary deeds , be held to be as good and valid , for the purposes of record , as though such deed had been regularly Approved 9th April , 1872 . acknowledged before delivery . AN ACT for ...
... witness or witnesses thereto , as in case of ordinary deeds , be held to be as good and valid , for the purposes of record , as though such deed had been regularly Approved 9th April , 1872 . acknowledged before delivery . AN ACT for ...
Page 223
... witness as to his rights under a written instrument is not admissible . 2. When a witness is offered at a trial , and the op- posite party calls for the facts proposed to be proved , it is an evasion of the rule to refer to an affidavit ...
... witness as to his rights under a written instrument is not admissible . 2. When a witness is offered at a trial , and the op- posite party calls for the facts proposed to be proved , it is an evasion of the rule to refer to an affidavit ...
Page 224
... witness . To this call there was no re- sponse , and the learned judge thereupon rejected the offer . It is well established that , when a witness is offered , the counsel of the party producing him may be called on to state what he ...
... witness . To this call there was no re- sponse , and the learned judge thereupon rejected the offer . It is well established that , when a witness is offered , the counsel of the party producing him may be called on to state what he ...
Page 229
... witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and. Vol . III . No. 3 . defendant did carry and deliver two of The Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad & PITTSBURG R. R. CO . 1. When an arrest of judgment by the court be- low is assigned as ...
... witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and. Vol . III . No. 3 . defendant did carry and deliver two of The Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad & PITTSBURG R. R. CO . 1. When an arrest of judgment by the court be- low is assigned as ...
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Page 346 - ... the damages resulting from the breach of such a contract, which they would reasonably contemplate, would be the amount of injury which would ordinarily follow from a breach of contract under these special circumstances so known and communicated.
Page 254 - The execution of these powers falls within the line of its duties; and its control over the subject is plenary and exclusive. It can determine, without question from any State authority, how the armies shall be raised, whether by voluntary enlistment or forced draft, the age at which the soldier shall be received, and the period for which he shall be taken, the compensation he shall be allowed, and the service to which he shall be assigned.
Page 381 - Lordship for a rule to show cause why a nonsuit should not be entered, or why the verdict entered for the plaintiff' should not be set aside, and a New Trial had.
Page 323 - Company against loss or damage by fire, on merchandise, their own, or held by them in trust, or in which they have an interest or liability, contained in a certain described warehouse.
Page 271 - The powers of the agent are, prima facie, coextensive with the business intrusted to his care, and will not be narrowed by limitations not communicated to the person with whom he deals. An insurance company, establishing a local agency, must be held responsible to the parties with whom they transact business for the acts and declarations of the agent, within the scope of his employment, as if they proceeded from the principal.
Page 234 - And it is invalid not merely on the ground of fraud, where fraud exists, but on the ground that the mind of the signer did not accompany the signature ; in other words, that he never intended to sign, and therefore in contemplation of law never did sign, the contract to which his name is appended.
Page 288 - The legislatures of those districts, or new states, shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil by the Unite'd States in Congress assem-bled, nor with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in such soil to the bona fide purchasers.
Page 271 - The principle is that where one party has by his representations or his conduct induced the other party to a transaction to give him an advantage which it would be against equity and good conscience for him to assert, he would not in a court of justice be permitted to avail himself of that advantage.
Page 255 - But, after the return is made, and the state judge or court judicially apprised that the party is in custody under the authority of the United States, they can proceed no further.
Page 320 - ... and taken up one hundred acres of land, At one penny an acre, and have cultivated ten acres thereof, and every person that hath been a servant or bondsman, and is free by his service, that shall have taken up his fifty acres of land, and cultivated twenty thereof, and every inhabitant, artificer, or other resident in the said province...