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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... reference to each other . 5. CONTRACTS - VALIDITY - DURESS - RATIFICATION . A contract made under duress cannot be enforced , but , if bad only for that cause , it is voidable ; and , if ratified after the duress has ceased , it becomes ...
... reference to each other . 5. CONTRACTS - VALIDITY - DURESS - RATIFICATION . A contract made under duress cannot be enforced , but , if bad only for that cause , it is voidable ; and , if ratified after the duress has ceased , it becomes ...
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... reference to the duties of the officer . The section of the act of 1879 which relates to his compensa- tion is the seventeenth , wherein fees for the inspector and for fumigation are fixed . It reads thus : " Every vessel undergoing ...
... reference to the duties of the officer . The section of the act of 1879 which relates to his compensa- tion is the seventeenth , wherein fees for the inspector and for fumigation are fixed . It reads thus : " Every vessel undergoing ...
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... reference must be had to the legislation in esse at the date of the adoption of the constitution . By this process the purport and meaning of the word " may " in the statute of 1888 are readily ascertained to be permissive , and not ...
... reference must be had to the legislation in esse at the date of the adoption of the constitution . By this process the purport and meaning of the word " may " in the statute of 1888 are readily ascertained to be permissive , and not ...
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... reference to and connected with the commission of an offense , though not coincident in point of time , are admissible in evidence as illustrat- ing the conduct and motive of the accused . While the particulars or merits of a previous ...
... reference to and connected with the commission of an offense , though not coincident in point of time , are admissible in evidence as illustrat- ing the conduct and motive of the accused . While the particulars or merits of a previous ...
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... reference to the case , and that this misconduct on their part vitiates the verdict . Annexed to the defendant's bill , and brought up with it , is the testimony of the deputy - sheriff , who states that the jury had a law - book in ...
... reference to the case , and that this misconduct on their part vitiates the verdict . Annexed to the defendant's bill , and brought up with it , is the testimony of the deputy - sheriff , who states that the jury had a law - book in ...
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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.