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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... decree of the Court . There is not , however , any such difficulty in this case ; a Court of Law is as competent to afford relief and protection to the securities , as a Court of Equity , and the only reason urged for compelling the ...
... decree of the Court . There is not , however , any such difficulty in this case ; a Court of Law is as competent to afford relief and protection to the securities , as a Court of Equity , and the only reason urged for compelling the ...
Page 93
... decree , against the executors alone , when it did not appear there was any deficiency of assets to pay all the legacies , and the legatee whose prop- erty was taken , was no party to the decree ; notwithstanding it was declared by the ...
... decree , against the executors alone , when it did not appear there was any deficiency of assets to pay all the legacies , and the legatee whose prop- erty was taken , was no party to the decree ; notwithstanding it was declared by the ...
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... decree , that this decree shall be a lien upon , and bind the whole estate of the said Raymond Demere . " Execution issued thereon , and the grandsons , residuary lega- tees of one half the estate , paid thereon , one half of the same ...
... decree , that this decree shall be a lien upon , and bind the whole estate of the said Raymond Demere . " Execution issued thereon , and the grandsons , residuary lega- tees of one half the estate , paid thereon , one half of the same ...
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... decree of 22d April , 1845 ? 2nd . How have those rights been affected by that decree ? 1st . What are the rights of the plaintiffs in error , independent of the above decree ? Upon the death of a party , the whole interest in the ...
... decree of 22d April , 1845 ? 2nd . How have those rights been affected by that decree ? 1st . What are the rights of the plaintiffs in error , independent of the above decree ? Upon the death of a party , the whole interest in the ...
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... decree of 22d April , 1845 ? The latter clause of this decree , by which our property is sought to be subjected to the execution issuing thereon , can only be applied to that portion of the estate of Raymond Demere , Sr. in the hands of ...
... decree of 22d April , 1845 ? The latter clause of this decree , by which our property is sought to be subjected to the execution issuing thereon , can only be applied to that portion of the estate of Raymond Demere , Sr. in the hands of ...
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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.