Massachusetts Reports, Volume 125H.O. Houghton and Company, 1879 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... absent . The officer's return on a levy of execution upon land is , as against the udgment debtor , conclusive evidence of the competency of the appraisers . The officer's return on a levy of execution upon two lots of land described ...
... absent . The officer's return on a levy of execution upon land is , as against the udgment debtor , conclusive evidence of the competency of the appraisers . The officer's return on a levy of execution upon two lots of land described ...
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... absent from and not a resident of this state and having no agent or attorney known to me . " " And I this day levied this execution on said real estate described as aforesaid and delivered seisin and possession thereof to George A. King ...
... absent from and not a resident of this state and having no agent or attorney known to me . " " And I this day levied this execution on said real estate described as aforesaid and delivered seisin and possession thereof to George A. King ...
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... absent . If a wife , without her husband's knowledge or assent , deposits his wages , placed in her hands for safe keeping , in a savings bank , and uses the deposit with money of her own in the purchase of land , the title to which she ...
... absent . If a wife , without her husband's knowledge or assent , deposits his wages , placed in her hands for safe keeping , in a savings bank , and uses the deposit with money of her own in the purchase of land , the title to which she ...
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... absent . Although the sureties on the bond of a town treasurer are not liable for any default on his part which occurred during a previous term of office , where the bond recites that he has been chosen for the current year , and ...
... absent . Although the sureties on the bond of a town treasurer are not liable for any default on his part which occurred during a previous term of office , where the bond recites that he has been chosen for the current year , and ...
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... absent . Equity will charge land , paid for in part with money known to have been stolen from a bank , with a trust in favor of the bank for the amount so used . On a bill in equity by a bank to charge land , alleged to have been paid ...
... absent . Equity will charge land , paid for in part with money known to have been stolen from a bank , with a trust in favor of the bank for the amount so used . On a bill in equity by a bank to charge land , alleged to have been paid ...
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Page 415 - In acquiring, investing, reinvesting, exchanging, retaining, selling and managing property for the benefit of another, a fiduciary shall exercise the judgment and care, under the circumstances then prevailing, which men of prudence, discretion and intelligence exercise in the management of their own affairs, not in regard to speculation but in regard to the permanent disposition of their funds, considering the probable income as well as the probable safety of their capital.
Page 240 - We think that the true rule of law is that the person who, for his own purposes, brings on his land and collects and keeps there anything likely to do mischief if it escapes, must keep it in at his peril ; and if he does not do so, is prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape.
Page 463 - The high contracting parties engage to consider the result of the proceedings of the tribunal of arbitration and of the board of assessors, should such board be appointed, as a full, perfect, and final settlement of all the claims hereinbefore referred to; and further engage that every such claim, whether the same may or may not have been presented to the notice of, made, preferred, or laid before the tribunal or board shall, from and after the conclusion of the proceedings of the tribunal or board,...
Page 190 - In all controversies concerning property, and in all suits between two or more persons, except in cases in which it has heretofore been...
Page 303 - No owner of any vessel shall be liable to answer for or make good to any person any loss or damage which may happen to any merchandise whatsoever, which shall be shipped, taken in, or put on board any such vessel, by reason or by means of any fire happening to or on board the vessel, unless such fire is caused by the design or neglect of such owner.
Page 408 - Act, for the doing of any act, or for any other purpose, the same shall be reckoned, in the absence of any expression to the contrary, exclusive of the first and inclusive of the last day...
Page 463 - Alabama claims. And whereas Her Britannic Majesty has authorized her High Commissioners and Plenipotentiaries to express in a friendly spirit the regret felt by Her Majesty's Government for the escape, under whatever circumstances, of the Alabama and other vessels from British ports, and for the depredations committed by those vessels.
Page 360 - Payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, and each of us, our, and each of our Heirs, Executors and Administrators jointly and severally, firmly by these Presents.
Page 601 - ... which hope we have as an anchor of the soul both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that within the veil...
Page 200 - J., who allowed a bill of exceptions in substance as follows : The defendant...