The Southwestern Reporter, Volume 17West Publishing Company, 1892 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... appellee . MARR , J. " Appellee , J. M. Cullers , filed this suit against appellant in the district court of Grayson county on March 4 , 1887 , and by amendment filed October 28 , 1887 , set up that on November 21 , 1885 , defend- ant ...
... appellee . MARR , J. " Appellee , J. M. Cullers , filed this suit against appellant in the district court of Grayson county on March 4 , 1887 , and by amendment filed October 28 , 1887 , set up that on November 21 , 1885 , defend- ant ...
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... appellee's counsel , that here is a conflict of evidence as to the origin of the fire , and that the jury had the right to conclude that it was set out by the act of the defendant . If we concede this , still , where is the proof that ...
... appellee's counsel , that here is a conflict of evidence as to the origin of the fire , and that the jury had the right to conclude that it was set out by the act of the defendant . If we concede this , still , where is the proof that ...
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... appellee for $ 389.34 . The interest on the note was paid up to September , 1885 , and the note was credited with $ 421.45 , as appears by indorsements entered on said note in Au- gust , 1885 , leaving due , September 1 , 1885 , a ...
... appellee for $ 389.34 . The interest on the note was paid up to September , 1885 , and the note was credited with $ 421.45 , as appears by indorsements entered on said note in Au- gust , 1885 , leaving due , September 1 , 1885 , a ...
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... appellee . FISHER , J. Appellee sued appellant on a promissory note executed by appelant with appellee as payee . The note repre- sented a part of the purchase price of a certain tract of land . Appellee asked for a recovery of the ...
... appellee . FISHER , J. Appellee sued appellant on a promissory note executed by appelant with appellee as payee . The note repre- sented a part of the purchase price of a certain tract of land . Appellee asked for a recovery of the ...
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... appellee . of said train for passage to said section- house from Converse station ; and the said conductor then and there , acting for ap- pellee , did promise and agree to safely carry said boy to said section - house , and would stop ...
... appellee . of said train for passage to said section- house from Converse station ; and the said conductor then and there , acting for ap- pellee , did promise and agree to safely carry said boy to said section - house , and would stop ...
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Page 238 - 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 102 - And the said records and judicial proceedings, authenticated as aforesaid, shall have such faith and credit given to them in every court within the United States as they have by law or usage in the courts of the State from whence the said records are or shall be taken.
Page 166 - ... when the question is one of a common or general interest, of many persons, or when the parties are numerous, and it is impracticable to bring them all before the court, one or more may sue or defend for the benefit of all.
Page 187 - ... the fairest and most just construction of the Constitution in all its parts. In our opinion such a construction of the Constitution leads to the conclusion that no State has the right to lay a tax on interstate commerce in any form, whether by way of duties laid on the transportation of the subjects of that commerce, or on the receipts derived from that transportation, or on the occupation or business of carrying it on, and the reason is that such taxation is a burden on that commerce, and amounts...
Page 181 - A conviction cannot be had in any case of felony upon the testimony of an accomplice, unless corroborated by other evidence tending- to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense, and the corroboration is not sufficient if it merely shows that the offense was committed, and the circumstances thereof.
Page vi - When the error alleged is to the charge of the court the specification shall set out the part referred to totidem verbis whether it be instructions given or instructions refused.
Page 181 - A conviction cannot be had upon the testimony of an accomplice unless it be corroborated by such other evidence as shall tend to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense; and the corroboration is not sufficient if it merely shows the commission of the offense or the circumstances thereof.
Page 355 - Whether the party thus misrepresenting a fact, knew it to be false, or made the assertion without knowing whether it were true or false, is wholly immaterial, for the affirmation of what one does not know, or believe to be true, is equally, in morals and law, as unjustifiable as the affirmation of what is known to be positively false.
Page 256 - ... place of public amusement to be open for the purpose of traffic or public amusement on Sunday, shall be fined not less than twenty nor more than fifty dollars. The term place of public amusement...
Page 215 - In this country, the right of property holders or taxable inhabitants to resort to equity to restrain municipal corporations and their officers from transcending their lawful powers or violating their legal duties in any mode which will injuriously affect the tax-payers — such as making an unauthorized appropriation of the...