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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... payment of the debts of the late firm of Hopkins McLaughlin & Co. , out of the effects of the said firm , then also to pay one - third part , which is my portion of said deficiency , or debts . The said property may be sold on the ...
... payment of the debts of the late firm of Hopkins McLaughlin & Co. , out of the effects of the said firm , then also to pay one - third part , which is my portion of said deficiency , or debts . The said property may be sold on the ...
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... payment of the debts named , it by no means follows that an- other creditor must wait the termination of this contract be- tween these parties , if by a present sale of the property , any thing would remain for his satisfaction ; nor is ...
... payment of the debts named , it by no means follows that an- other creditor must wait the termination of this contract be- tween these parties , if by a present sale of the property , any thing would remain for his satisfaction ; nor is ...
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... payment of a large amount of debts , by substituting the credit of his vendee for his own , may not pro- ceed from his inability to pay otherwise . He may find it for his interest to sell on time , because a purchaser cannot be obtained ...
... payment of a large amount of debts , by substituting the credit of his vendee for his own , may not pro- ceed from his inability to pay otherwise . He may find it for his interest to sell on time , because a purchaser cannot be obtained ...
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... payment of the bills . L. , pursuant to an arrangement with H. , trans- ferred the bills to C. , in payment of a debt due by H. to C. , the latter be- ing ignorant of the agreement between M. and L. , relating to the indorse- ment of ...
... payment of the bills . L. , pursuant to an arrangement with H. , trans- ferred the bills to C. , in payment of a debt due by H. to C. , the latter be- ing ignorant of the agreement between M. and L. , relating to the indorse- ment of ...
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... payment of the debt , when he was prevented by Lathrop in the mode above described . He denies all fraud , & c . Haynes also answered the bill , but his answer need not be in- serted , as it has no influence on the case . To prevent a ...
... payment of the debt , when he was prevented by Lathrop in the mode above described . He denies all fraud , & c . Haynes also answered the bill , but his answer need not be in- serted , as it has no influence on the case . To prevent a ...
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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.