The Southwestern Reporter, Volume 17West Publishing Company, 1892 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... Railway Co. v . Witte , 68 Tex . 295 , 4 S. W. Rep . 490 ; Railway Co. v . Wallace , 74 Tex . 585 , 12 S. W. Rep . 227 ; Railway Co. v . Timmermann , 61 Tex . 663 ; Railway Co. v . Levi , 59 Tex . 677. Upon another trial additional evi ...
... Railway Co. v . Witte , 68 Tex . 295 , 4 S. W. Rep . 490 ; Railway Co. v . Wallace , 74 Tex . 585 , 12 S. W. Rep . 227 ; Railway Co. v . Timmermann , 61 Tex . 663 ; Railway Co. v . Levi , 59 Tex . 677. Upon another trial additional evi ...
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... Railway Co. , ( Tex . ) 16 S. W. Rep . 1015 , ( decided at this present term of the court , ) opinion rendered June 2 , 1891. In that case the court below sustained a general demurrer to the petition , containing al- legations similar ...
... Railway Co. , ( Tex . ) 16 S. W. Rep . 1015 , ( decided at this present term of the court , ) opinion rendered June 2 , 1891. In that case the court below sustained a general demurrer to the petition , containing al- legations similar ...
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... Railway Com- pany , party of the second part , witness- eth : That for and in consideration of said railway company establishing a depot at Del Rio , in the above state and county , and maintaining the same for freight and passenger ...
... Railway Com- pany , party of the second part , witness- eth : That for and in consideration of said railway company establishing a depot at Del Rio , in the above state and county , and maintaining the same for freight and passenger ...
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... Railway Com- pany , to recover damages for the con- struction of a side track in the street on which plaintiff's lot abutted . Judgment for plaintiff . Plaintiff appeals . Affirmed , W. W. Wilkins , for appellant . Bryant & Dillard ...
... Railway Com- pany , to recover damages for the con- struction of a side track in the street on which plaintiff's lot abutted . Judgment for plaintiff . Plaintiff appeals . Affirmed , W. W. Wilkins , for appellant . Bryant & Dillard ...
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... Railway Company for the alleged negli- gent killing of their son . Verdict and judgment for plaintiffs . Defendant ap- peals . Reversed John M. Coleman and Clark & Old , for appellant . MARR , J. Jose Arispe and his wife , as plaintiffs ...
... Railway Company for the alleged negli- gent killing of their son . Verdict and judgment for plaintiffs . Defendant ap- peals . Reversed John M. Coleman and Clark & Old , for appellant . MARR , J. Jose Arispe and his wife , as plaintiffs ...
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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...