The Monthly Law Reporter, Volume 15Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1853 - Law |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 486
... cause of their imprisonment and detention . The respondent has returned to this writ , that said eight would subject him to the penalty for violating the statute forbidding the sale of spirituous liquor without license ; that the ...
... cause of their imprisonment and detention . The respondent has returned to this writ , that said eight would subject him to the penalty for violating the statute forbidding the sale of spirituous liquor without license ; that the ...
Page 506
... cause was tried before my Brother Martin at the first sittings in this term , when a verdict was found for the plaintiff . The declaration was in the ordinary form by the plain- tiff , the owner of goods , against the defendants , who ...
... cause was tried before my Brother Martin at the first sittings in this term , when a verdict was found for the plaintiff . The declaration was in the ordinary form by the plain- tiff , the owner of goods , against the defendants , who ...
Page 518
... cause of action accrued , ) whether valid independent of that contract or not ; and that the South Shore road was the road of the defendants within Rev. Stat . c . 39 , which regulated this case , so that the Old Colony Railroad ...
... cause of action accrued , ) whether valid independent of that contract or not ; and that the South Shore road was the road of the defendants within Rev. Stat . c . 39 , which regulated this case , so that the Old Colony Railroad ...
Page 520
... to come in and plead in an action against the corporation , where the corporation is defaulted , they cannot set up the defence that the plaintiff had no cause of action against the corporation . 520 Abstracts of Recent American Decisions .
... to come in and plead in an action against the corporation , where the corporation is defaulted , they cannot set up the defence that the plaintiff had no cause of action against the corporation . 520 Abstracts of Recent American Decisions .
Page 521
plaintiff had no cause of action against the corporation . - Farrar v . Ballard Vale Machine Shop . Fraudulent Conveyances - Who may interfere to set aside . The right to set aside a conveyance , fraudulent as to creditors , can be ...
plaintiff had no cause of action against the corporation . - Farrar v . Ballard Vale Machine Shop . Fraudulent Conveyances - Who may interfere to set aside . The right to set aside a conveyance , fraudulent as to creditors , can be ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
action alleged allowed amount answer appear applied authority bank bill bond Boston brought called cause charge claim collision committed common consideration considered Constitution contract conviction counsel course court criminal damage debt decided decision defendant directed discharge District duty effect entitled evidence execution exist fact give given ground held hold husband important indictment indorser injury intent interest issued John Judge judgment jurisdiction jury justice land legislature lien limited master necessary negligence notice objection obtained offence officers opinion owner paid party passed payment person plaintiff possession practice present President principle prisoner proceedings proved provisions question reason received reference regard Reports respect rule Senate ship statute sufficient suit taken term tion trial United vessel whole wife witness York
Popular passages
Page 508 - London, (the act of God, the queen's enemies, fire, and all and every other dangers and accidents of the seas, rivers, and navigation, of whatever nature and kind soever, excepted,) unto order or to assigns, he or they paying freight for the said goods at 51.
Page 44 - Rights of property, like all other social and conventional rights, are subject to such reasonable limitations in their enjoyment, as shall prevent them from being injurious, and to such reasonable restraints and regulations established by law, as the legislature, under the governing and controlling power vested in them by the constitution, may think necessary and expedient.
Page 619 - ... deprived of his life, liberty, or property, unless by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land.
Page 44 - We think it is a settled principle, growing out of the nature of well ordered civil society, that every holder of property, however absolute and unqualified may be his title, holds it under the implied liability that his use of it may be so regulated, that it shall not be injurious to the equal enjoyment of others having an equal right to the enjoyment of their property, nor injurious to the rights of the community.
Page 242 - AND in order to provide for a representation of the citizens of this Commonwealth, founded upon the principle of equality...
Page 661 - no action shall be brought whereby to charge any executor or administrator upon any special promise to answer damages out of his own estate ; or whereby to charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another...
Page 54 - All transfers and assignments made of any claim upon the United States, or of any part or share thereof, or interest therein, whether absolute or conditional, and whatever may be the consideration therefor, and all powers of attorney, orders, or other authorities for receiving payment of any such claim, or of any part or share thereof, shall be absolutely null and void, unless they are freely made and executed in the presence of at least two attesting witnesses, after the allowance ' of such a claim,...
Page 63 - ... against the laws ; and their goods and effects, of whatever class and condition they may be, shall not be subject to any embargo or sequestration whatever, nor to any charge nor tax other than may be established upon similar goods and effects belonging to the citizens of the State in which they reside respectively ; nor shall the debts between individuals, nor moneys in the...
Page 110 - Negligence is a violation of the obligation which enjoins care and caution in what we do. But this duty is relative, and where it has no existence between particular parties, there can be no such thing as negligence in the legal sense of the term.