Reports of Cases at Law and in Chancery Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Illinois, Volume 62 |
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... give a bond for a reconveyance , but does not know that it was given . He says it was almost impossible to sell land for cash in that neighborhood at the time the transaction occurred . Myers testifies as to his conveying the land to ...
... give a bond for a reconveyance , but does not know that it was given . He says it was almost impossible to sell land for cash in that neighborhood at the time the transaction occurred . Myers testifies as to his conveying the land to ...
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... give $ 2,500 for the property . That he paid Myers $ 2,242.71 for defendants in error . Paid Myers $ 200 for the acre and a half of the ground , and $ 57.29 to defendants in error , which makes the sum he says he was to pay . In his ...
... give $ 2,500 for the property . That he paid Myers $ 2,242.71 for defendants in error . Paid Myers $ 200 for the acre and a half of the ground , and $ 57.29 to defendants in error , which makes the sum he says he was to pay . In his ...
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... give bond . The party , whose land is sought to be taken , ought not to be compelled to pay costs , if the assessment of the com- missioners should be affirmed or not increased . Section 9 , providing for the bond , is clearly annulled ...
... give bond . The party , whose land is sought to be taken , ought not to be compelled to pay costs , if the assessment of the com- missioners should be affirmed or not increased . Section 9 , providing for the bond , is clearly annulled ...
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... give my conclusions after great deliberation , and am not con- vinced of my error by the opinion filed . If , as is therein stated , the report of the commissioners amounts to nothing , why , it may be asked , should the circuit judge ...
... give my conclusions after great deliberation , and am not con- vinced of my error by the opinion filed . If , as is therein stated , the report of the commissioners amounts to nothing , why , it may be asked , should the circuit judge ...
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... give certificates of en- listment , can not be shown by proof that he acted as such . A certificate under the seal of the war department is the best evidence of his official character and authority . WRIT OF ERROR to the Circuit Court ...
... give certificates of en- listment , can not be shown by proof that he acted as such . A certificate under the seal of the war department is the best evidence of his official character and authority . WRIT OF ERROR to the Circuit Court ...
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Page 324 - No county, city, town, township or other municipality, shall ever become subscriber to the capital stock of any railroad or private corporation, or make donation to or loan its credit in aid of such corporation : Provided, however, that the adoption of this article shall not be construed as affecting the right of any such municipality to make such subscriptions where the same have been authorized, under existing laws, by a vote of the people of such municipalities prior to such adoption.
Page 272 - But it is not on slight implication and vague conjecture that the legislature is to be pronounced to have transcended its powers, and its acts to be considered as void. The opposition between the constitution and the law should be such that the judge feels a clear and strong conviction of their incompatibility with each other.
Page 40 - Private property shall not be taken or damaged for public use without just compensation. Such compensation, when not made by the State, shall be ascertained by a jury, as shall be prescribed by law.
Page 90 - It is a rule of law, that when the ancestor, by any gift or conveyance, takes an estate of freehold ; and in the same gift or conveyance an estate is limited, either mediately or immediately to his heirs in fee or in tail, that always in such cases, the heirs are words of limitation of the estate, and not words of purchase.
Page 255 - But if any subject shall be embraced in an Act which shall not be expressed in its title, such Act shall be void only as to so much thereof as shall not be expressed in its title.
Page 228 - State legislatures have no authority to create a maritime lien, nor •can they confer any jurisdiction upon a State court to enforce such a lien by a suit or proceeding in rem, as practised in the admiralty courts...
Page 434 - And the said party of the second part, in consideration of the leasing of the premises aforesaid by the party of the first part to the party of the second part...
Page 431 - The general assembly shall provide such revenue as may be needful by levying a tax, by valuation, so that every person and corporation shall pay a tax in proportion to the value of his, her or its property...
Page 94 - But we having adopted the common law of England, so far as the same is applicable and of a general nature...
Page 272 - The question whether a law be void for its repugnancy to the constitution is, at all times, a question of much delicacy, which ought seldom, if ever, to be decided in the affirmative in a doubtful case.