Reports of Cases at Law and in Equity, Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Alabama, New Series, Volume 8Hale and Phelan, printers, 1846 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... contract entered into by the female . 2. That if the defendant was abandoned by Wall , and she executed the note after he had left her , that she would be bound by her contract , although she might have been married . 3. That if ...
... contract entered into by the female . 2. That if the defendant was abandoned by Wall , and she executed the note after he had left her , that she would be bound by her contract , although she might have been married . 3. That if ...
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... contract , for otherwise she would be incapable , in many instances , to preserve or protect her proper- ty . The bill of exceptions is silent as to any positive law among them , as to this point , but the inference is direct and ...
... contract , for otherwise she would be incapable , in many instances , to preserve or protect her proper- ty . The bill of exceptions is silent as to any positive law among them , as to this point , but the inference is direct and ...
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... contract , and in case of a valid contract , was liable to be sued as a feme sole , if the marriage could , by the Choctaw law , be dissolved by the husband , at his pleasure , and was so dissolved , which might be inferred , if the ...
... contract , and in case of a valid contract , was liable to be sued as a feme sole , if the marriage could , by the Choctaw law , be dissolved by the husband , at his pleasure , and was so dissolved , which might be inferred , if the ...
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... contract . In this point of view , the defend- ant cannot be heard to object , that he was not a party to the writ- ing , any more than the defendant in an action to try the title , could oppose the introduction of the documentary ...
... contract . In this point of view , the defend- ant cannot be heard to object , that he was not a party to the writ- ing , any more than the defendant in an action to try the title , could oppose the introduction of the documentary ...
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... contract between Walker and the claim- ant , contemplated an immediate change of possession , and if there was not an actual and bona fide delivery of the property to the claimant , in order to maintain a title against the creditors of ...
... contract between Walker and the claim- ant , contemplated an immediate change of possession , and if there was not an actual and bona fide delivery of the property to the claimant , in order to maintain a title against the creditors of ...
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action Adm'r administrator admission alledged amount answer appears assigned assumpsit Bank of Mobile bankrupt bill of exceptions bond Branch Bank cause Chancery chose in action Circuit Court cited claim claimant Clay's common counts common law complainant contract County Court Court of Chancery Court of Equity creditor debt debtor declaration decree deed defendant in error defendant's demand demurrer discharge dollars entitled equity evidence execution fact fendant fieri facias filed fraud garnishee given heirs held indorsement insolvent intended interest issue John judgment jurisdiction land levied liable lien matter ment mortgage notice objection paid parties payment person plaintiff in error plea pleaded Porter Porter's Rep possession proceedings proof proved question record recover refused rendered sheriff slaves sold statute Stonum sued sufficient suit surety sustained term testimony tion trial trust Tuscumbia verdict Wetumpka wife witness Writ of Error
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Page 892 - Mississippi, and the navigable waters leading into the same, shall be common highways, and forever free as well to the inhabitants of said State, as to all other citizens of the United States, without any tax, duty, impost, or toll therefor, imposed by the said State of Iowa.
Page 804 - The party's own admission, whenever made, may be given in evidence against him ; but the admission or declaration of his agent binds him only when it is made during the continuance of the agency in regard to a transaction then depending, et dum fervet opus.
Page 839 - The Judiciary power of every Government looks beyond its own local or municipal laws, and in civil cases lays hold of all subjects of litigation between parties within its jurisdiction, though the causes of dispute are relative to the laws of the most distant part of the globe.
Page 178 - ... and the same shall be conclusive evidence of itself in favor of such bankrupt, unless the same shall be impeached for some fraud or wilful concealment by him of his property or rights of property, as aforesaid, contrary to the provisions of this act, on prior reasonable notice specifying in writing such fraud or concealment...
Page 383 - If a day be appointed for payment of money, or part of it, or for doing any other act, and the day is to happen, or may happen, before the thing which is the consideration of the money, or other act, is to be performed, an action may be brought for the money, or for not doing such other act before performance; for it appears that the party relied upon his remedy, and did not intend to make the performance a condition precedent...
Page 835 - States; and such discharge and certificate, when duly granted, shall in all courts of justice be deemed a full and complete discharge of all debts, contracts and other engagements of such bankrupt which are provable under this act...
Page 564 - A. is to contribute neither labor nor money, and, to go still further, not to receive any profits. But if he will lend his name as a partner, he becomes, as against all the rest of the world, a partner...
Page 349 - ... from the truth of that intent. In all such cases if the mistake is clearly made out by proofs entirely satisfactory, equity will reform the contract so as to make it conformable to the precise intent of the parties.
Page 135 - The plaintiff was the wife of defendant's brother, but had for some time been a widow, and had several children. In 1840, the plaintiff resided on public land, under a contract of lease, she had held over, and was comfortably settled, and would have attempted to secure the land she lived on. The defendant resided in Talladega county, some sixty, or seventy miles off. On the 10th October, 1840, he wrote to her the following letter: "Dear sister Antillico — Much to my mortification, I heard, that...
Page 223 - We speak familiarly of equitable set-off, as distinguished from the set-off at law ; but it will be found that this equitable set-off exists in cases where the party seeking the benefit of it can show some equitable ground for being protected against his adversary's demand.