Reports of Cases in Law and Equity, Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Iowa, Volume 36E. W. Stephens, 1874 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 340 - ... to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense; and the corroboration is not sufficient, if it merely shows the commission of the offense, or the circumstances thereof.
Page 234 - Every action must be prosecuted in the name of the real party in interest, except that an executor or administrator, a trustee of an express trust, or a person expressly authorized by statute, may sue, without joining with him the person for whose benefit the action is prosecuted.
Page 343 - The court left the credibility of the witness and the weight to be given to his testimony entirely to the consideration of the jury. Of these they were the proper judges.
Page 412 - ... when the question is one of a common or general interest, of many persons, or when the parties are numerous, and it is impracticable to bring them all before the court, one or more may sue or defend for the benefit of all.
Page 469 - If the relations of facts and their probable results can be determined without especial skill or study, the facts themselves must be given in evidence, and the conclusions or inferences must be drawn by the jury.
Page 671 - Sound mind and memory, do make, publish and declare, this my last will and testament, in manner following, that is to say...
Page 469 - ... the opinion of witnesses possessing peculiar skill is admissible, whenever the subjectmatter of inquiry is such, that inexperienced persons are unlikely to prove capable of forming a correct judgment upon it, without such assistance ; in other words, when it so far partakes of the nature of a science, as to require a course of previous habit or study, in order to the attainment of a knowledge of it...
Page 194 - When a divorce is decreed, the court may make such order in relation to the children and property of the parties, and the maintenance of the wife, as shall be right and proper, and the guilty party forfeits all rights acquired by the marriage.
Page 412 - Any person may be made a defendant who has or claims an interest in the controversy adverse to the plaintiff, or who is a necessary party to a complete determination or settlement of the question involved therein.
Page 443 - Such as shall be conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts previously contracted in the course of its dealings.