Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature, and in the Court for the Trial of Impeachments and the Correction of Errors of the State of New York [1828-1841], Volume 24Gould, Banks & Company, 1850 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... contract between the testator in his life time and the plaintiff in res- pect to the assignment ; the plaintiff had no legal interest in the contract , and could not have maintained an action at law against the testator . 1 R. S. 723 ...
... contract between the testator in his life time and the plaintiff in res- pect to the assignment ; the plaintiff had no legal interest in the contract , and could not have maintained an action at law against the testator . 1 R. S. 723 ...
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... contract between the trustee and a third person , and thereby save the expense and delay of a resort to a court of equity . Several of these are referred to by Chief Justice Thompson in Weston v . Barker . In Winch v . Keely , 1 T. R. ...
... contract between the trustee and a third person , and thereby save the expense and delay of a resort to a court of equity . Several of these are referred to by Chief Justice Thompson in Weston v . Barker . In Winch v . Keely , 1 T. R. ...
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... contract , the consideration must appear on the face of the writing , or in other words , be expressed by it ; but it need not be in any particular form — it is enough , if from the instru- ment , by reasonable construction , the ...
... contract , the consideration must appear on the face of the writing , or in other words , be expressed by it ; but it need not be in any particular form — it is enough , if from the instru- ment , by reasonable construction , the ...
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... contract . Packer v . Willson , 15 Wendell , 313 . II . The defendant is not liable to an action upon his covenant to the plain- tiff , until after actual notice of Bingham's default to perform the contract between him and plaintiff ...
... contract . Packer v . Willson , 15 Wendell , 313 . II . The defendant is not liable to an action upon his covenant to the plain- tiff , until after actual notice of Bingham's default to perform the contract between him and plaintiff ...
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... contract , a more direct expression of consideration is necessary than under the former act . Packer v . Willson , 15 Wendell , 343. In that case , there was no consideration collectable from the words of the guaranty , within any of ...
... contract , a more direct expression of consideration is necessary than under the former act . Packer v . Willson , 15 Wendell , 343. In that case , there was no consideration collectable from the words of the guaranty , within any of ...
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Page 344 - The trial by jury in all cases in which it has been heretofore used shall remain inviolate forever; but a jury trial may be waived by the parties in all civil cases in the manner to be prescribed by law.
Page 46 - In the following cases every agreement shall be void unless such agreement, or some note or memorandum thereof, be in writing and subscribed by the party to be charged therewith : 1 . Every agreement that, by its terms, is not to be performed within one year from the making thereof.
Page 123 - ... unless the same be accompanied by an immediate delivery, and be followed by an actual and continued change of possession of the things sold, mortgaged or assigned, shall be presumed to be fraudulent and void, as against the creditors of the vendor, or the creditors of the person making such assignment, or subsequent purchasers in good faith...
Page 202 - I.), c. 34, it was enacted that 'if a wife willingly leave her husband, and go away, and continue with her advouterer, she shall be barred forever of action to demand her dower...
Page 556 - By an act imminently dangerous to others, and evincing a depraved mind, regardless of human life...
Page 202 - In case of a divorce, dissolving the marriage contract for the misconduct of the wife, she shall not be endowed.
Page 91 - Judgment was entered for the plaintiff, with leave to the defendant to move to enter a verdict for the defendant or for a non-suit.
Page 605 - No action for the recovery of real property, or for the recovery of the possession thereof, shall be maintained, unless it appear that the plaintiff, his ancestor, predecessor, or grantor, was seized or possessed of the premises in question within twenty years before the commencement of such action.
Page 481 - ... for -all debts which shall be due and owing by the company at the time of its dissolution, the persons then composing such company shall be individually responsible to the extent of their respective shares of stock in the said company, and no further...
Page 224 - Where the fundamental law has not limited, either in terms or by necessary implication, the general powers conferred upon the legislature we cannot declare a limitation under the notion of having discovered something in the spirit of the Constitution which is not even mentioned in the instrument.