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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... and Aldermen derive their authority to make the Ordinances in question , from the Gen- eral Assembly , and if the General Assembly have not the power Green vs. The Mayor and Aldermen of Kavanul and authority. SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA .
... and Aldermen derive their authority to make the Ordinances in question , from the Gen- eral Assembly , and if the General Assembly have not the power Green vs. The Mayor and Aldermen of Kavanul and authority. SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA .
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... question of the existence of a nuisance , within the corporate limits of the City , was , in our opinion , conclusive ev- idence of that fact . It is also insisted , that the Ordinance of 1848 , altered and changed the remedy prescribed ...
... question of the existence of a nuisance , within the corporate limits of the City , was , in our opinion , conclusive ev- idence of that fact . It is also insisted , that the Ordinance of 1848 , altered and changed the remedy prescribed ...
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... question , whether the credit was given to the wife or not , this case turns . In the absence of all proof that the credit was given to the wife , I concede that where a husband is living in the same house with his wife , he is liable ...
... question , whether the credit was given to the wife or not , this case turns . In the absence of all proof that the credit was given to the wife , I concede that where a husband is living in the same house with his wife , he is liable ...
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... question of law , to be a question of fact . U. S. vs. Carlton , 1 Gall . 400 . So , also , when there is no evidence to prove a particular fact , for the Court not so to instruct the Jury , when required . Green- leaf vs. Birth , 9 ...
... question of law , to be a question of fact . U. S. vs. Carlton , 1 Gall . 400 . So , also , when there is no evidence to prove a particular fact , for the Court not so to instruct the Jury , when required . Green- leaf vs. Birth , 9 ...
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... questions to the Jury , which should have bres decided by it . and that S. T. BAILEY , for defendant , contended- M 1st ... question for the Jury . 8 Eng . Com . Law , 318 , 501. 32 Ib . 366. 11 Ib . 59. 2 T. R. 760. 3 N. H. R. 467. Chit ...
... questions to the Jury , which should have bres decided by it . and that S. T. BAILEY , for defendant , contended- M 1st ... question for the Jury . 8 Eng . Com . Law , 318 , 501. 32 Ib . 366. 11 Ib . 59. 2 T. R. 760. 3 N. H. R. 467. Chit ...
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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.