Reports of Cases in Law and Equity, Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia, in the Year ..., Volume 2Edward O. Jenkins, 1847 - Equity |
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... opinion . This writ of error has originated in a Claim case ; a mode of try- ing the rights of property , unknown to the Common Law . Henry Solomon obtained a judgment against Henry Holmes in the Supe- rior Court of Twiggs County ...
... opinion . This writ of error has originated in a Claim case ; a mode of try- ing the rights of property , unknown to the Common Law . Henry Solomon obtained a judgment against Henry Holmes in the Supe- rior Court of Twiggs County ...
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... opinion of the Court below . The science of jurispru- dence , like all others , is progressive ; and notwithstanding it was settled , and repeatedly held at home and abroad , that an absolute bill of sale of chattels , unaccompanied ...
... opinion of the Court below . The science of jurispru- dence , like all others , is progressive ; and notwithstanding it was settled , and repeatedly held at home and abroad , that an absolute bill of sale of chattels , unaccompanied ...
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... opinion , is not contrary to law , but in con- formity with it ; and it is only repugnant to so much and such parts of the charge as were against law , and on the side of the claimant ; of course that would not authorise us to ...
... opinion , is not contrary to law , but in con- formity with it ; and it is only repugnant to so much and such parts of the charge as were against law , and on the side of the claimant ; of course that would not authorise us to ...
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... opinion from the evidence , that James Solomon agreed that Henry Solomon should withdraw thirty - five hundred dollars of his part of the proceeds of the cotton , and that James Solomon preferred to leave the whole of his share with the ...
... opinion from the evidence , that James Solomon agreed that Henry Solomon should withdraw thirty - five hundred dollars of his part of the proceeds of the cotton , and that James Solomon preferred to leave the whole of his share with the ...
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... opinion , that the Court below very properly refused the instruction asked by the counsel for the defendant . The instruction prayed for , assumed the position , that if the jury should believe , from the evidence , that James Solomon ...
... opinion , that the Court below very properly refused the instruction asked by the counsel for the defendant . The instruction prayed for , assumed the position , that if the jury should believe , from the evidence , that James Solomon ...
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Page 104 - It never has been supposed by us, that the section did apply, or was designed to apply, to questions of a more general nature, not at all dependent upon local statutes or local usages of a fixed and permanent operation, as for example, to the construction of ordinary contracts or other written instruments, and especially to questions of general commercial law...
Page 105 - ... antecedent parties, of which he has no notice, only where he receives it in the usual course of trade and business for a., valuable consideration, before it becomes due, we are prepared to say that receiving it in payment of or as security for a pre-existing debt is according to the known usual course of trade and business. And .why, upon principle...
Page 106 - It is for the benefit and convenience of the commercial world to give as wide an extent as practicable to the credit and circulation of negotiable paper, that it may pass not only as security for new purchases and advances, made upon the transfer thereof, but also in payment of and as security for preexisting debts. The creditor is thereby enabled to realize or to secure his debt, and thus may safely give a prolonged credit, or forbear from taking any legal steps to enforce his rights.
Page 119 - The action of trover being founded on a conjoint right of property and possession, any act of the defendant which negatives or is inconsistent with such right, accounts in law to a conversion. It is not necessary to a conversion that there should be a manual taking of the thing in question by the defendant; it is not necessary that it should be shown that he has applied it to his own use. Does he exercise a dominion over it, in exclusion or in defiance of the plaintiff's right? If he does, that is...
Page 351 - Common carriers undertake generally, and not as a casual occupation, and for all people indifferently, to convey goods and deliver them at a place appointed, for hire, as a business, and with or without a special agreement as to price.
Page 224 - That such power to punish contempts shall not be construed to extend to any cases except the misbehavior of any person in their presence, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice, the misbehavior of any of the officers of said courts in their official transactions, and the disobedience or resistance by any such officer, or by any party, juror, witness, or other person, to any lawful writ, process, order, rule, decree or command of the said courts.
Page 254 - There was a law, that those who in a storm forsook the ship should forfeit all property therein; and that the ship and lading should belong entirely to those who stayed in it. In a dangerous tempest all the mariners forsook the ship, except only one sick passenger, who, by reason of his disease, was unable to get out and escape. By chance the ship came safe to port. The sick man kept possession, and claimed the benefit of the law.
Page 91 - Cause why Damages in such Action should not be Assessed and recovered by him or them, and if such Defendant his Executors or Administrators shall appear at the Return of such Writ, and not...
Page 70 - Fraud without damage, or damage without fraud, gives no cause of action; but where these two concur, an action lies.
Page 72 - 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.