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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... bill , by bills drawn on the husband , and accepted by his wife , she signing her initials . The husband had seen his wife wear a part of the articles bought . The bills which the wife had accepted , in part payment , were paid by her ...
... bill , by bills drawn on the husband , and accepted by his wife , she signing her initials . The husband had seen his wife wear a part of the articles bought . The bills which the wife had accepted , in part payment , were paid by her ...
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... bill of exceptions bears date previous to the trial of the cause , and there is nothing in the record , by which it may be amended , and the true date arrived at , the writ of error must be dismissed . [ 2 ] Where thirty - five days ...
... bill of exceptions bears date previous to the trial of the cause , and there is nothing in the record , by which it may be amended , and the true date arrived at , the writ of error must be dismissed . [ 2 ] Where thirty - five days ...
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... bill of exceptions to be drawn up and submitted , for the signa- ture and certification of the Circuit Judge ... bill of exceptions , and the issuing and serving of the citation and writ of error , and thirty - six days between the signa ...
... bill of exceptions to be drawn up and submitted , for the signa- ture and certification of the Circuit Judge ... bill of exceptions , and the issuing and serving of the citation and writ of error , and thirty - six days between the signa ...
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... bill or note ; although , as between the original parties , evidence may be adduced to establish a defence on the ground of a total want of consideration , failure of it or ille- gality . " Chitty on Bills , 141 . The invariably ...
... bill or note ; although , as between the original parties , evidence may be adduced to establish a defence on the ground of a total want of consideration , failure of it or ille- gality . " Chitty on Bills , 141 . The invariably ...
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... bills of exchange and promis- sory notes , if they are to be cut down by a secret agreement that they are not to be put in ... bill , the law will not enforce it . This would be incorporating with a written contract an incongruous parol ...
... bills of exchange and promis- sory notes , if they are to be cut down by a secret agreement that they are not to be put in ... bill , the law will not enforce it . This would be incorporating with a written contract an incongruous parol ...
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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.