Reports of Cases in Law and Equity, Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Iowa, Volume 61Reporter, 1884 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... counsel for either party ; and , besides , the case may properly enough , we think , be disposed of upon other grounds . A road cannot , in the nature of things , be regarded as es- tablished until it has a definite location . The ...
... counsel for either party ; and , besides , the case may properly enough , we think , be disposed of upon other grounds . A road cannot , in the nature of things , be regarded as es- tablished until it has a definite location . The ...
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... WRITER AS TO CONTENTS . Where letters are present in court , they are the best evidence of their contents ; and it was error for the court to permit counsel to show Glenn v . Gleason et al . , Ex'rs . 28 SUPREME COURT OF IOWA ,
... WRITER AS TO CONTENTS . Where letters are present in court , they are the best evidence of their contents ; and it was error for the court to permit counsel to show Glenn v . Gleason et al . , Ex'rs . 28 SUPREME COURT OF IOWA ,
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... counsel in the case , in which it was stipulated that the deposition of S. M. Kinne should be taken in behalf of the plaintiff before any notary public in and for the county of Harper , in the state of Kansas . In pursuance of this ...
... counsel in the case , in which it was stipulated that the deposition of S. M. Kinne should be taken in behalf of the plaintiff before any notary public in and for the county of Harper , in the state of Kansas . In pursuance of this ...
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... counsel intended by this testimony to call for more than mere proof of the handwriting of Atkins , does not very clearly appear from the testimony itself . If more than this was intended , the testimony was in- competent , under § 3639 ...
... counsel intended by this testimony to call for more than mere proof of the handwriting of Atkins , does not very clearly appear from the testimony itself . If more than this was intended , the testimony was in- competent , under § 3639 ...
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... counsel requested " that the witness have the privilege of examining the contents of the letter , before being required to answer if it was her signature . " This request was refused , and plaintiff excepted . The witness answered that ...
... counsel requested " that the witness have the privilege of examining the contents of the letter , before being required to answer if it was her signature . " This request was refused , and plaintiff excepted . The witness answered that ...
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Page 126 - Anything which is injurious to health, or is indecent, or offensive to the senses, or an obstruction to the free use of property, so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property...
Page 634 - All murder which shall be perpetrated by means of poison, or lying in wait, torture, or by any other kind of wilful, deliberate, and premeditated killing, or which shall be committed in the perpetration, or attempt to perpetrate, any arson, rape, robbery, or burglary, shall be deemed murder of the first degree ; and all other kinds of murder shall be deemed murder of the second degree...
Page 198 - The court at every stage of the proceeding must disregard any error or defect in the proceeding which does not affect the substantial rights of the parties.
Page 242 - ... accident and surprise, which ordinary prudence could not have guarded against and upon newly discovered evidence material for defendant, which he could not with reasonable diligence have discovered and produced at the trial.
Page 412 - States nearest to the tiers of sections above specified, so much land in alternate sections, or parts of sections, as shall be equal to such lands as the United States have sold, or otherwise appropriated, or to which the rights of pre-emption have attached as aforesaid...
Page 328 - ... when such wrongs are in any manner connected with the use and operation of any railway on or about which they shall be employed, and no contract which restricts such liability shall be legal or binding.
Page 584 - It is a universal rule in equity never to enforce either a penalty or a forfeiture.
Page 179 - The tax so levied must be computed and entered upon the assessment roll by the County Auditor, and collected at the same time and in the same manner as State and county taxes, and when collected shall be paid into the county treasury for the use of the district.
Page 665 - Williams, he being insolvent, and having made a general assignment of his property for the benefit of his creditors, and...
Page 352 - And it is further provided in the policy that "if the interest of the assured in the property be any other than the entire, unconditional and sole ownership of the property for the use and benefit of the assured, or if the building insured stands upon leased ground, it must be so represented to the company, and so expressed in the written part of this policy; otherwise, the policy shall be void.