Southern Reporter, Volume 5West Publishing Company, 1889 - Law reports, digests, etc Includes the decisions of the Supreme Courts of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi, the Appellate Courts of Alabama and, Sept. 1928/Jan. 1929-Jan./Mar. 1941, the Courts of Appeal of Louisiana. |
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... husband's absence , though the land was entered by him , an indictment for arson of the pen properly laid the ownership in the wife . 2. CRIMINAL LAW - VERDICT - DEFECTIVE COUNTS IN INDICTMENT . Where two counts in an indictment charge ...
... husband's absence , though the land was entered by him , an indictment for arson of the pen properly laid the ownership in the wife . 2. CRIMINAL LAW - VERDICT - DEFECTIVE COUNTS IN INDICTMENT . Where two counts in an indictment charge ...
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... husband , who is , and has been for some time , em- ployed at work in Florida , coming home occasionally . The wife occupied and cultivated the premises , made and gathered the corn , and had the pen built , during his absence . Arson ...
... husband , who is , and has been for some time , em- ployed at work in Florida , coming home occasionally . The wife occupied and cultivated the premises , made and gathered the corn , and had the pen built , during his absence . Arson ...
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... HUSBAND . The husband being entitled to half of the personal estate of the wife on her death , that sum is properly decreed to his administrator . 4. PARTITION - DEATH OF LIFE TENANT - RIGHTS OF HEIRS . · The husband having died , and ...
... HUSBAND . The husband being entitled to half of the personal estate of the wife on her death , that sum is properly decreed to his administrator . 4. PARTITION - DEATH OF LIFE TENANT - RIGHTS OF HEIRS . · The husband having died , and ...
Page 84
... husband , in considera- tion of love and affection , conveyed the same property to his sons Elijah A. and Thomas Trawick . Mrs. Trawick died in 1884. The bill was filed origi- nally by Ann E. Davis , who was a daughter of the deceased ...
... husband , in considera- tion of love and affection , conveyed the same property to his sons Elijah A. and Thomas Trawick . Mrs. Trawick died in 1884. The bill was filed origi- nally by Ann E. Davis , who was a daughter of the deceased ...
Page 85
... husband and wife , and attested by two witnesses , or properly acknowledged . The husband did not join in the execution of the conveyances , and could not have joined in a conveyance to himself . If the instrument be regarded as a deed ...
... husband and wife , and attested by two witnesses , or properly acknowledged . The husband did not join in the execution of the conveyances , and could not have joined in a conveyance to himself . If the instrument be regarded as a deed ...
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Popular passages
Page 43 - By the law of the land is most clearly intended the general law; a law which hears before it condemns; which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial.
Page 100 - Every law that alters the legal rules of evidence and receives less or different testimony than the law required at the time of the commission of the offense, in order to convict the offender.
Page 521 - ... nor for omitting to state the time at which the offence was committed in any case where time is not of the essence of the offence, nor for stating the time imperfectly, nor for stating the offence to have been committed on a day subsequent to the finding of the indictment, or on an impossible day, or on a day that never happened...
Page 420 - No law shall be revived, amended, or the provisions thereof extended, or conferred by reference to its title only, but so much thereof as is revived, amended, extended, or conferred, shall be reenacted, and published at length.
Page 447 - ... close the mind against the testimony that may be offered in opposition to them, which will combat that testimony and resist its force, do constitute a sufficient objection to him.
Page 458 - Where after the commencement of this act personal injury is caused to a workman (1) By reason of any defect in the condition of the ways, works, machinery, or plant connected with or used in the business of the employer...
Page 17 - The accused shall enjoy the right to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation...
Page 216 - Assembly and its committees, shall be performed under contract to be given to the lowest responsible bidder below such maximum price and under such regulations as shall be prescribed by law...
Page 16 - ... and thereupon such person shall be liable to be punished in the same manner as if he had been convicted upon an indictment for...
Page 243 - Sometimes by mistake the written agreement contains less than tho parties intended; sometimes it contains more; and sometimes it simply varies from their intent by expressing something different in substance from the truth of that intent. In all. such cases, if the mistake is clearly made out by proofs entirely satisfactory, equity will reform the contract, so as to make it conformable to the precise intent of the parties.