Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of California, Volume 35Bancroft-Whitney, 1906 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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affidavit affirmed alleged Amador County answer appeal Argument for Appellant Argument for Respondent assessment attorney authority averment Board of Supervisors Calaveras County cause of action Cited claim commencement Commissioners common law complaint contract convey conveyance corporation County of San court of equity covenants creditor damages debt deed defendant delivered denying District Court ditch El Dorado County entitled equity evidence execution filed fraud fraudulent granted ground held homestead IDEM indictment interest issue judgment Judicial jurisdiction jury land lease liability lien lumber matter ment mortgage motion Opinion owner party payment Perkins person plaintiff pleadings possession Practice Act premises Probate Court proceedings purchase purpose question railroad recover rule San Francisco Sanderson Sawyer Stats statute Statute of Frauds Statute of Limitations stockholder street suit Tehama County tenant in common thereof tion tract trial wharf witness
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Page 656 - ... 6. That the act or omission charged as the offense is clearly and distinctly set forth in ordinary and concise language, without repetition, and in such a manner as to enable a person of common understanding to know what is intended.
Page 174 - Service by mail may be made, where the person making the service, and the person on whom it is to be made, reside in different places, between which there is a regular communication by mail.
Page 359 - ... to be paid for, out of the proceeds of the sales of the ceded lands.
Page 234 - ... the difference between the contract price and what it would have cost the plaintiff to manufacture and deliver the lumber according to the terms of the contract.
Page 470 - No estate or interest in lands, other than leases for a term not exceeding one year...
Page 298 - ... one of fact for the jury to determine under proper instructions from the court.
Page 156 - Each stockholder shall be individually and personally liable for his proportion of all the debts and liabilities of the company contracted or incurred, during the time that he was a stockholder, for the recovery of which, joint or several actions may be instituted and prosecuted.
Page 549 - Reason is the soul of the law, and when the reason of any particular law ceases, so does the law itself.
Page 470 - ... be created, granted, assigned, surrendered or declared, unless by act or operation of law, or by a deed or conveyance in writing, subscribed by the party creating, granting, assigning, surrendering or declaring the same, or by his lawful agent, thereunto authorized by writing (3 RS 6 ed.
Page 570 - This is the settled law, and hence a conveyance by one tenant of a parcel of a general tract owned by several is inoperative to impair any of the rights of his co-tenants. The conveyance must be subject to the ultimate determination of their rights, and upon obvious grounds. One tenant cannot appropriate to himself any particular...