A Selection of Legal Maxims: Classified and Illustrated |
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Page 88
... plaintiff , who was innocent . ' And for the like reason , in an action by the endorsee against the acceptor of a bill of exchange which was drawn on a Sunday , it was held that the plaintiff might recover , there being no evidence that ...
... plaintiff , who was innocent . ' And for the like reason , in an action by the endorsee against the acceptor of a bill of exchange which was drawn on a Sunday , it was held that the plaintiff might recover , there being no evidence that ...
Page 100
... plaintiff ; that the specification was enrolled within six months , instead of being enrolled within four months after the date thereof , as required by the letters patent ; that such non - enrolment had arisen from inad- vertence and ...
... plaintiff ; that the specification was enrolled within six months , instead of being enrolled within four months after the date thereof , as required by the letters patent ; that such non - enrolment had arisen from inad- vertence and ...
Page 131
... plaintiff is in conscience entitled to the money sought to be recovered ; and it has been observed , that this kind of equitable action to recover back money which ought not in justice be kept is very beneficial , and , therefore , much ...
... plaintiff is in conscience entitled to the money sought to be recovered ; and it has been observed , that this kind of equitable action to recover back money which ought not in justice be kept is very beneficial , and , therefore , much ...
Page 142
... plaintiff to be paid by certain instalments , " or execution to issue . " The clerk of the Court , on default of payment , and on application made to him by the plaintiff , issued a precept for execution without the further intervention ...
... plaintiff to be paid by certain instalments , " or execution to issue . " The clerk of the Court , on default of payment , and on application made to him by the plaintiff , issued a precept for execution without the further intervention ...
Page 145
... plaintiff , whilst fishing in the night - time near the mouth of a river in which A. B. had a several fishery ; at the trial , much evi- dence was given to show that A. B.'s fishery included the place where the plaintiff was apprehended ...
... plaintiff , whilst fishing in the night - time near the mouth of a river in which A. B. had a several fishery ; at the trial , much evi- dence was given to show that A. B.'s fishery included the place where the plaintiff was apprehended ...
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Popular passages
Page 80 - ... at the time of the committing of the act the party accused was laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.
Page 742 - The objection that a contract is immoral or illegal as between plaintiff and defendant sounds at all times very ill in the mouth of the defendant. It is not for his sake, however, that the objection is ever allowed : but it is founded in general principles of policy which the defendant has the advantage of, contrary to the real justice as between him and the plaintiff, by accident, if I may say so.
Page 894 - December, 1833, no person shall make an entry or distress, or bring an action, to recover any land or rent, but within twenty years next after the time at which the right to make such entry or distress, or to bring such action, shall have first accrued to some person through whom he claims...
Page 296 - ... where one by his words or conduct wilfully causes another to* believe in the existence of a certain state of things, and induces him to act on that belief, so as to alter his own previous position, the former is concluded from averring against the latter a different state of things as existing at the same time.
Page 81 - ... must be considered in the same situation as to responsibility as if the facts with respect to which the delusion exists were real.
Page 313 - A conspiracy, it is said,f consists not merely in the intention of two or more, but in the agreement of two or more, to do an unlawful act or to do a lawful act by unlawful means.
Page 385 - ... unless it shall appear that the same was enjoyed by some consent or agreement expressly given or made for that purpose by deed or writing.
Page 914 - ... the jury may give such damages as they may think proportioned to the injury resulting from such death to the parties respectively for whom and for whose benefit such action shall be brought ; and the amount so recovered, after deducting the costs not recovered from the defendant, shall be divided amongst the before-mentioned parties in such shares as the jury by their verdict shall find and direct.
Page 856 - The general rule is, that the master is answerable for every such wrong of the servant or agent as is committed in the course of the service and for the master's benefit, though no express command or privity of the master be proved.
Page 372 - ... it seems but reasonable and just that the neighbor, who has brought something on his own property which was not naturally there, harmless to others so long as it is confined to his own property...