Massachusetts Reports, Volume 125H.O. Houghton and Company, 1879 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... debt- or's title as tenant in common , although it proved to be an undivided eighth part only . The court said : " If one conveys by deed more land than he owns , the deed is good for what he does own . So , if an execution be levied ...
... debt- or's title as tenant in common , although it proved to be an undivided eighth part only . The court said : " If one conveys by deed more land than he owns , the deed is good for what he does own . So , if an execution be levied ...
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... debt , a creditor of the husband may , under the Gen. Sts . c . 113 , § 2 , cl . 11 , maintain a bill in equity ... debt any prop erty , right , title or interest , legal or equitable , of a debtor which cannot be come at to be attached ...
... debt , a creditor of the husband may , under the Gen. Sts . c . 113 , § 2 , cl . 11 , maintain a bill in equity ... debt any prop erty , right , title or interest , legal or equitable , of a debtor which cannot be come at to be attached ...
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... debt , and , to that end , that the land may be conveyed to a receiver to sell the same or so much of the same as may be necessary . In support of the demurrer , it is contended that the plaintiff has no remedy against the land in ...
... debt , and , to that end , that the land may be conveyed to a receiver to sell the same or so much of the same as may be necessary . In support of the demurrer , it is contended that the plaintiff has no remedy against the land in ...
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... debt , by bill in equity . Demurrer overruled . • INHABITANTS OF EGREMONT vs. JOSEPH A. BENJAMIN & others . Berkshire . Sept. 12 , 1877. - July 17 , 1878 . - July 17 , 1878. ENDICOTT & LORD , JJ . , absent . Although the sureties on the ...
... debt , by bill in equity . Demurrer overruled . • INHABITANTS OF EGREMONT vs. JOSEPH A. BENJAMIN & others . Berkshire . Sept. 12 , 1877. - July 17 , 1878 . - July 17 , 1878. ENDICOTT & LORD , JJ . , absent . Although the sureties on the ...
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... debt , such payment goes to the extinguishment of the earliest items . Colerain v . Bell , 9 Met . 499. Sandwich v . Fish , 2 Gray , 298. Gwynne v . Bur- nell , 6 Bing . N. C. 453. Attorney General v . Manderson , 12 Jur . 383 . In the ...
... debt , such payment goes to the extinguishment of the earliest items . Colerain v . Bell , 9 Met . 499. Sandwich v . Fish , 2 Gray , 298. Gwynne v . Bur- nell , 6 Bing . N. C. 453. Attorney General v . Manderson , 12 Jur . 383 . In the ...
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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...