The South Western Reporter, Volume 234West Publishing Company, 1922 - Law reports, digests, etc Includes the decisions of the Supreme Courts of Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Texas, and Court of Appeals of Kentucky; Aug./Dec. 1886-May/Aug. 1892, Court of Appeals of Texas; Aug. 1892/Feb. 1893-Jan./Feb. 1928, Courts of Civil and Criminal Appeals of Texas; Apr./June 1896-Aug./Nov. 1907, Court of Appeals of Indian Territory; May/June 1927-Jan./Feb. 1928, Courts of Appeals of Missouri and Commission of Appeals of Texas. |
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... reason of the diverse contentions of plaintiff on the one side and the other heirs and devisees of the decedent on the other , it is also true that the executor and his attorneys took the side of and represented only M. T. Shields as an ...
... reason of the diverse contentions of plaintiff on the one side and the other heirs and devisees of the decedent on the other , it is also true that the executor and his attorneys took the side of and represented only M. T. Shields as an ...
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... reason why the judgment of the chancellor of April 6 , 1907 , was dismissed . Will Press refusing to set aside the deed of 1907 should not be sustained . Power appeals , and the plaintiffs prosecute a cross - appeal . pared to say that ...
... reason why the judgment of the chancellor of April 6 , 1907 , was dismissed . Will Press refusing to set aside the deed of 1907 should not be sustained . Power appeals , and the plaintiffs prosecute a cross - appeal . pared to say that ...
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... reason it is insisted that his motion for a direct verdict in his favor should have been sustained when made at the close of the evidence for Mrs. Asp . If this be so , the judgment must be reversed . A trial resulted in a verdict for ...
... reason it is insisted that his motion for a direct verdict in his favor should have been sustained when made at the close of the evidence for Mrs. Asp . If this be so , the judgment must be reversed . A trial resulted in a verdict for ...
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The reason of this rule fails when applied to landlord and tenant because the landlord is not presumed to have superior knowledge of conditions prevailing on the premises where the tenant resides . In such situation each is equally ...
The reason of this rule fails when applied to landlord and tenant because the landlord is not presumed to have superior knowledge of conditions prevailing on the premises where the tenant resides . In such situation each is equally ...
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... reason , if for no other , there was no error ; but this particular instruction , in the form presented by appellant , was not a cor- rect and complete statement of the law on the subject , and for that additional reason the court ...
... reason , if for no other , there was no error ; but this particular instruction , in the form presented by appellant , was not a cor- rect and complete statement of the law on the subject , and for that additional reason the court ...
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Page 391 - A conviction cannot be had upon the testimony of an accomplice unless it be corroborated by such other evidence as shall tend to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense ; and the corroboration is not sufficient if it merely shows the commission of the offense or the circumstances thereof.
Page 454 - If a person against whom an action may be brought die before the expiration of the time limited for the commencement thereof, and the cause of action survives, an action may be commenced against his representatives after the expiration of that time, and within one year after the issuing of letters testamentary or of administration...
Page 341 - Property does become clothed with a public interest when used in a manner to make it of public consequence, and affect the community at large. When, therefore, one devotes his property to a use in which the public has an interest, he in effect, grants to the public an interest in that use, and must submit to be controlled by the public for the common good, to the extent of the interest he has thus created.
Page 63 - All taxes shall be uniform upon the same class of property within the territorial limits of the authority levying the tax, and shall be levied and collected for public purposes only.
Page 83 - Neither of the contracting parties shall be bound to deliver up its own citizens or subjects under the stipulations of this Convention.
Page 379 - The net value of the policy, when the premium becomes due and is not paid, shall be computed upon the American experience table...
Page 224 - food," as used herein, shall include all articles used for food, drink, confectionery, or condiment by man or other animals, whether simple, mixed, or compound.
Page 170 - A widow shall be endowed of the third part of all the lands whereof her husband was seized of an estate of inheritance at any time during the marriage, unless she shall have lawfully released her right thereto.
Page 90 - And the supreme court of Xebraska, answering a similar objection, said: "But, in our opinion, the great weight of authority is in favor of the proposition that, upon conviction of several offenses, charged in separate indictments, or in separate counts of the same indictment, the court has power to impose cumulative sentences.
Page 103 - That in actions by or against executors, administrators or guardians, in which judgment may be rendered for or against them, neither party shall be allowed to testify against the other, as to any transaction with, or statement by, the testator, intestate or ward, unless called to testify thereto by the opposite party, or required to testify thereto by the court.