Reports of Cases in Law and Equity, Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia, in the Year ..., Volume 6Edward O. Jenkins, 1849 - Equity |
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... authority of the Acts of the General Assembly , passed in 1825 , 1831 and 1833 , had the power and authority to judge of and declare , the planting and growing rice within the corpo- rate limits of the City , to be injurious to the ...
... authority of the Acts of the General Assembly , passed in 1825 , 1831 and 1833 , had the power and authority to judge of and declare , the planting and growing rice within the corpo- rate limits of the City , to be injurious to the ...
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... authority ; and also , upon the further proviso and condition , that the said Wil- liam Mein , his heirs , executors , administrators and assigns , shall be allowed , at all times , if necessary , the use of the tide water , for the ...
... authority ; and also , upon the further proviso and condition , that the said Wil- liam Mein , his heirs , executors , administrators and assigns , shall be allowed , at all times , if necessary , the use of the tide water , for the ...
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... authority , under the Constitution and Laws of the State , to enact the Ordinances of the 26th of January , 1826 , and the 29th of May , 1848 , and to direct the destruction of the grow- ing crop of rice of the plaintiff in error , in ...
... authority , under the Constitution and Laws of the State , to enact the Ordinances of the 26th of January , 1826 , and the 29th of May , 1848 , and to direct the destruction of the grow- ing crop of rice of the plaintiff in error , in ...
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... authority of the Act of the Legislature of 1825 , prohibited the rearing or cultivating rice within the limits of the City , or within one mile beyond the then present boundary of the same . The plaintiff in error , in the spring of ...
... authority of the Act of the Legislature of 1825 , prohibited the rearing or cultivating rice within the limits of the City , or within one mile beyond the then present boundary of the same . The plaintiff in error , in the spring of ...
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... authority was conferred on the Mayor and Aldermen , to pass such Laws and Ordinances as they might consider fit and proper , to remove such nuisances , or causes of dis- ease , which might affect the citizens of the City of Savannah ...
... authority was conferred on the Mayor and Aldermen , to pass such Laws and Ordinances as they might consider fit and proper , to remove such nuisances , or causes of dis- ease , which might affect the citizens of the City of Savannah ...
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Page 620 - ... or upon any agreement that is not to be performed within the space of one year from the making thereof; unless the agreement upon which such action shall be brought, or some memorandum or note thereof, shall be in writing, and signed by the party to be charged therewith...
Page 557 - ... be actually made, procured, or provided, or fit or ready for delivery, or some act may be requisite for the making or completing thereof, or rendering the same fit for delivery...
Page 553 - That no contract for the sale of any goods, wares, and merchandise, for the price of ten pounds sterling or upwards, shall be allowed to be good, except the buyer shall accept part of the goods so sold, and actually receive the same, or give something in earnest to bind the bargain, or in part payment...
Page 626 - Fraud, indeed, in the sense of a Court of Equity, properly includes all acts, omissions, and concealments, which involve a breach of legal or equitable duty, trust, or confidence, justly reposed...
Page 139 - a right of franchise or privilege, that no man may set up a common ferry for all passengers, without a prescription time out of mind, or a charter from the king. He may make a ferry for his own use or the use of his family, but not for the common use of all the king's subjects passing that way ; because it doth in consequence tend to a common charge, and is become a thing of public interest and use...
Page 9 - Whenever a statute gives a discretionary power to any person, to be exercised by him upon his own opinion of certain facts, it is a sound rule of construction, that the statute constitutes him the sole and exclusive judge of the existence of those facts.
Page 646 - Whether the party thus misrepresenting a fact knew it to be false, or made the assertion without knowing whether it were true or false, is wholly immaterial; for the affirmation of what one does not know, or believe to be true, is equally, in morals and law, as unjustifiable as the affirmation of what is known to be positively false.
Page 438 - Any deviation from its terms, by postponing or accelerating the period of performance which it prescribes, imposing conditions not expressed in the contract, or dispensing with the performance of those which are, however minute or apparently immaterial in their effect upon the contract of the parties, impairs [ * 85 ] its obligation.
Page 505 - Every indictment or accusation of the grand jury shall be deemed sufficiently technical and correct which states the offense in the terms and language of this code, or so plainly that the nature of the offense charged may be easily understood by the jury.
Page 390 - No action shall be brought whereby to charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another person, unless the agreement upon which such action shall be brought, or some memorandum or note thereof, shall be in writing, and signed by the party to be charged therewith, or some other person thereunto by him lawfully authorized.