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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We know of no instance in which a person can be required by a state , or any of its subdivisions , to pay money for public use , unless there is express authority of law for it . An incorporated city or town cannot impose a tax if its ...
We know of no instance in which a person can be required by a state , or any of its subdivisions , to pay money for public use , unless there is express authority of law for it . An incorporated city or town cannot impose a tax if its ...
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... but the jury shall be at liberty to return on their verdict that such person is not guilty of larceny , but is guilty of embezzlement , and therefore such person shall be liable to be punished in the same manner as if he had been ...
... but the jury shall be at liberty to return on their verdict that such person is not guilty of larceny , but is guilty of embezzlement , and therefore such person shall be liable to be punished in the same manner as if he had been ...
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The mere fact of persons being present upon the happening of a transaction ... one of them held a whispered conversation with a person not connected with the court , and with whom he had no right to converse ; second , the jury were ...
The mere fact of persons being present upon the happening of a transaction ... one of them held a whispered conversation with a person not connected with the court , and with whom he had no right to converse ; second , the jury were ...
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On trial for assault with intent to murder , evidence of a previous assault and threats by defendant against the injured person is admissible to show the intent with which the last assault was made . ? 2 SAME . It is immaterial whether ...
On trial for assault with intent to murder , evidence of a previous assault and threats by defendant against the injured person is admissible to show the intent with which the last assault was made . ? 2 SAME . It is immaterial whether ...
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The purposes of the first section of the statute , in so far as it applies to having . keeping , exercising , or maintaining a gaming - room , or a house or other place for the purpose of gaming or gambling , is to punish the person ...
The purposes of the first section of the statute , in so far as it applies to having . keeping , exercising , or maintaining a gaming - room , or a house or other place for the purpose of gaming or gambling , is to punish the person ...
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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.
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| Title | Southern Reporter, Volume 5 |
| Contributors | Alabama. Supreme Court, Florida. Supreme Court, Louisiana. Supreme Court, Mississippi. Supreme Court, Alabama. Court of Appeals, Louisiana. Courts of Appeal, West Publishing Company |
| Publisher | West Publishing Company, 1889 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 3 Aug 2007 |
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