Reports of Practice Cases, Determined in the Courts of the State of New York, Volume 2John Voorhies, 1856 - Civil procedure |
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... Common Council ...... Authority - conferred on a body of persons . How it may be exercised ...... 421 156 B. Burden ... City of New York - How should be drawn and sued .. 187 PAGE Costs ; -Bill of , must state items in X INDEX .
... Common Council ...... Authority - conferred on a body of persons . How it may be exercised ...... 421 156 B. Burden ... City of New York - How should be drawn and sued .. 187 PAGE Costs ; -Bill of , must state items in X INDEX .
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... Common Council ....... Authority - conferred on a body of persons . How it may be exercised . 156 421 ..... B ... City of New York - How should be drawn and sued .. 187 PAGE Costs ; -Bill of , must state items in X INDEX .
... Common Council ....... Authority - conferred on a body of persons . How it may be exercised . 156 421 ..... B ... City of New York - How should be drawn and sued .. 187 PAGE Costs ; -Bill of , must state items in X INDEX .
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... Common Council ...... M. Magistrate ; -liable for ministerial , not for judicial acts ... Malicious Prosecution ; -Conviction is evidence of probable cause .. 460 301 30 468 1 Mandamus ; -When it may issue ..... Marine Court ; -Appeals ...
... Common Council ...... M. Magistrate ; -liable for ministerial , not for judicial acts ... Malicious Prosecution ; -Conviction is evidence of probable cause .. 460 301 30 468 1 Mandamus ; -When it may issue ..... Marine Court ; -Appeals ...
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... Common Council of the City of New York has a similar power to institute an examination into any matters respecting which it is entitled to legislate , or in respect to which it may be deemed advisable to apply to the legis- lature of ...
... Common Council of the City of New York has a similar power to institute an examination into any matters respecting which it is entitled to legislate , or in respect to which it may be deemed advisable to apply to the legis- lature of ...
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... Common Council may issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses before any committee of such Board ; -That a witness so subpoenaed may be required to testify in respect to any matters pending before the com- mittee ; That on ...
... Common Council may issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses before any committee of such Board ; -That a witness so subpoenaed may be required to testify in respect to any matters pending before the com- mittee ; That on ...
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Page 451 - ... when the question is one of a common or general interest of many persons, or when the parties are very numerous and it may be impracticable to bring them all before the Court, one or more may sue or defend for the benefit of the whole, one action SEC.
Page 521 - The relief granted to the plaintiff, if there be no answer, cannot exceed that which he shall have demanded in his complaint; but in any other case, the court may grant him any relief consistent with the case made by the complaint and embraced within the issue.
Page 439 - ... that may be awarded to the defendant, and all damages which he may sustain by reason of the arrest, not exceeding the sum specified in the undertaking, which shall be at least one hundred dollars.
Page 142 - State, that he has departed therefrom, with intent to defraud his creditors, or to avoid the service of a summons, or keeps himself concealed therein with the like intent...
Page 84 - the rule for jurisdiction is that nothing shall be intended to be out of the jurisdiction of a superior court but that which specially appears to be so, and, on the contrary, nothing shall be intended to be within the jurisdiction of an inferior court but that which is so expressly alleged;" and this rule has been so frequently repeated as to have become a maxim in the law.
Page 541 - Persons severally liable upon the same obligation or instrument, including the parties to bills of exchange and promissory notes, and sureties on the same or separate instruments, may all or any of them be included in the same action, at the option of the plaintiff...
Page 464 - And when the allegations of a pleading are so indefinite or uncertain that the precise nature of the charge or defence is not apparent, the court may require the pleading to be made definite and certain, by amendment.
Page 368 - In a final order affecting a substantial right, made in a special proceeding, or upon a summary application in an action, after judgment.
Page 277 - That if a suit be commenced in any state court against an alien, or by a citizen of the State in which the suit is brought against a citizen of another State...
Page 114 - ... for the relief demanded in the complaint. If the taking of an account, or the proof of any fact, is necessary to enable the court to give judgment, or to carry the judgment into effect, the court may take the account or hear the proof, or may, in its discretion, order a reference for that purpose.