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Page 5857
... existing corporation , is an act in the nature of a loan , and is not a purchase within the statute . Robotham v . Prudential Ins . Co. , 53 Atl . 842 , 847 , 64 N. J. Eq . 673 ( citing Commercial Fire Ins . Co. v . Board of Revenue of ...
... existing corporation , is an act in the nature of a loan , and is not a purchase within the statute . Robotham v . Prudential Ins . Co. , 53 Atl . 842 , 847 , 64 N. J. Eq . 673 ( citing Commercial Fire Ins . Co. v . Board of Revenue of ...
Page 5860
... existing debt and credits it thereon , is a purchaser for value in the due course of business . Smith v . Thompson ( Neb . ) 93 N. W. 678 , 679 . PURCHASER IN GOOD FAITH . See " Good Faith . " PURCHASER WITHOUT NOTICE . The phrase ...
... existing debt and credits it thereon , is a purchaser for value in the due course of business . Smith v . Thompson ( Neb . ) 93 N. W. 678 , 679 . PURCHASER IN GOOD FAITH . See " Good Faith . " PURCHASER WITHOUT NOTICE . The phrase ...
Page 5871
... existing no longer as a hab- ⠀ Where a parish apprentice , bound for seven years to A. , served him for four years , when A. agreed with B. , who carried on the same business in another parish , that the pauper should work for B. , B ...
... existing no longer as a hab- ⠀ Where a parish apprentice , bound for seven years to A. , served him for four years , when A. agreed with B. , who carried on the same business in another parish , that the pauper should work for B. , B ...
Page 5888
... existing . But this view is no longer held by our most eminent writ- Dr. Beck says : " The motion of the foetus when felt by the mother is called ' quickening . ' It is important to understand the sense attached to it formerly and at ...
... existing . But this view is no longer held by our most eminent writ- Dr. Beck says : " The motion of the foetus when felt by the mother is called ' quickening . ' It is important to understand the sense attached to it formerly and at ...
Page 5890
... existing estate in possession or not . The release will con- vey whatever interest the releasor has in the property . Ely v . Stannard , 44 Conn . 528 , 533 , 534 . " Quitclaim deed " is defined by Bouvier as a form of deed in the ...
... existing estate in possession or not . The release will con- vey whatever interest the releasor has in the property . Ely v . Stannard , 44 Conn . 528 , 533 , 534 . " Quitclaim deed " is defined by Bouvier as a form of deed in the ...
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Page 6153 - ... no civil suit shall be brought before either of said courts against any person by any original process or proceeding in any other district than that whereof he is an inhabitant, but where the jurisdiction is founded only on the fact that the action is between citizens of different States, suit shall be brought only in the district of the residence of either the plaintiff or the defendant...
Page 6139 - The court said 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 defendant, that the accident arose from want of care.
Page 6287 - In the following rules every steam vessel which is under sail and not under steam is to be considered a sailing vessel, and every vessel under steam, whether under sail or not, is to be considered a steam vessel. The words "steam vessel" shall include any vessel propelled by machinery. A vessel is "under way...
Page 6373 - And again, verily I say unto you, if a man marry a wife by my word, which is my law, and by the new and everlasting covenant, and it is sealed unto them by the Holy Spirit of promise, by him who is anointed...
Page 5977 - reasonable time" or an "unreasonable time," regard is to be had to the nature of the instrument, the usage of trade or business (if any) with respect to such instruments, and the facts of the particular case.
Page 5922 - Rape is an act of sexual intercourse, accomplished with a female not the wife of the perpetrator, under either of the following circumstances: 1.
Page 6152 - That place shall be considered and held to be the residence of a person in which his habitation is fixed, and to which, whenever he is absent, he has the intention of returning.
Page 6062 - relevant' means that any two facts to which it is applied are so related to each other that, according to the common course of events, one, either taken by itself or in connection with other facts, proves or renders probable the past, present or future existence or nonexistence of the other.
Page 6222 - If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any citizen in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States...
Page 6344 - Neither the state nor any subdivision thereof shall use its property or credit or any public money, or authorize or permit either to be used, directly or indirectly, in aid or maintenance, other than for examination or inspection, of any school or institution of learning wholly or in part under the control or direction of any religious denomination, or in which any denominational tenet or doctrine is taught, but the legislature may provide for the transportation of children to and from any school...