Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Volumes 125-126H.O. Houghton and Company, 1907 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... officer's return on a levy of execution upon land is , as against the udgment debtor , conclusive evidence of the competency of the appraisers . The officer's return on a levy of execution upon two lots of land described them , by ...
... officer's return on a levy of execution upon land is , as against the udgment debtor , conclusive evidence of the competency of the appraisers . The officer's return on a levy of execution upon two lots of land described them , by ...
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... officer's return as is now material set forth that , by virtue of the execution , he seized " the real estate de- scribed in the foregoing certificate of the appraisers , the same having been attached on mesne process in the suit in ...
... officer's return as is now material set forth that , by virtue of the execution , he seized " the real estate de- scribed in the foregoing certificate of the appraisers , the same having been attached on mesne process in the suit in ...
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... officer were , at the time of such appointment and while acting as such appraisers , stockholders in the Bank of Cape Cod , the execution creditor , and that this fact was known to the bank at the time of said appointments and during ...
... officer were , at the time of such appointment and while acting as such appraisers , stockholders in the Bank of Cape Cod , the execution creditor , and that this fact was known to the bank at the time of said appointments and during ...
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... officer was due immediately on the expiration of his term of office ; and that no formal dem ind on the part of the town was necessary . CONTRACT on a bond , for $ 10,000 , signed by the first named defendant as principal , and the ...
... officer was due immediately on the expiration of his term of office ; and that no formal dem ind on the part of the town was necessary . CONTRACT on a bond , for $ 10,000 , signed by the first named defendant as principal , and the ...
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... officer , which re- cites that he has been chosen " for the current year , " with con- dition merely that he " shall faithfully collect , account for and pay over all the taxes he shall be legally required to collect , and also ...
... officer , which re- cites that he has been chosen " for the current year , " with con- dition merely that he " shall faithfully collect , account for and pay over all the taxes he shall be legally required to collect , and also ...
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Page 457 - Thousand dollars in hand paid by the said party of the second part, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have granted, bargained, and sold, and by these presents do grant, bargain, and sell, unto the said party of the second part...
Page 238 - We think that the true rule of law is that the person who, for his own purposes, brings on his land and collects and keeps there anything likely to do mischief if it escapes, must keep it in at his peril ; and if he does not do so, is prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape.
Page 176 - In such cases, proof of good reputation for peace and quietude on the part of the defendant is proper evidence to be considered by the jury in connection with all the other evidence. In...
Page 348 - Annexed to the declaration was an account of goods sold to Moore. The case was submitted to the Superior Court, and, after judgment for the plaintiffs, to this court, on appeal, on an agreed statement of facts in substance as follows: The...
Page 463 - The high contracting parties engage to consider the result of the proceedings of the tribunal of arbitration and of the board of assessors, should such board be appointed, as a full, perfect, and final settlement of all the claims hereinbefore referred to; and further engage that every such claim, whether the same may or may not have been presented to the notice of, made, preferred, or laid before the tribunal or board shall, from and after the conclusion of the proceedings of the tribunal or board...
Page 188 - In all controversies concerning property, and in all suits between two or more persons, except in cases in which it has heretofore been...
Page 303 - No owner of any vessel shall be liable to answer for or make good to any person any loss or damage which may happen to any merchandise whatsoever, which shall be shipped, taken in, or put on board any such vessel, by reason or by means of any fire happening to or on board the vessel, unless such fire is caused by the design or neglect of such owner.
Page 38 - Exceptea cases. tion shall not extend to any person whose husband or wife shall have been continually remaining beyond sea, or shall have voluntarily withdrawn from the other and remained absent for the space of five years together, the party marrying again not knowing the other to be living within that time...
Page 633 - ... or use camphene, spirit gas, or any burning fluid or chemical oils, without written permission in this policy, — then and in every such case, this policy shall be void.
Page 287 - J., who allowed a bill of exceptions in substance as follows : The defendant...