Southern Reporter, Volume 31West Publishing Company, 1902 - 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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Where special charges which counsel of an accused request the judge to give to the jury are grouped , and any one of them is wrong , the court is warranted in refusing the whole . 4. The maxiin , “ Falsus in uno , falsus in omnibus ...
Where special charges which counsel of an accused request the judge to give to the jury are grouped , and any one of them is wrong , the court is warranted in refusing the whole . 4. The maxiin , “ Falsus in uno , falsus in omnibus ...
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entire panel of regular jurors was then ex- The judge refused to give this charge and bausted ; that thereupon the court ordered counsel excepted . Counsel further asked the the sheriff to call the talesmen from those court to charge ...
entire panel of regular jurors was then ex- The judge refused to give this charge and bausted ; that thereupon the court ordered counsel excepted . Counsel further asked the the sheriff to call the talesmen from those court to charge ...
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We do not give to the eleventh has been very inaccurately used as applicasection of Act No. 135 of 1898 the strict con- ble to witnesses who have been merely construction which appellants wish to have pla- tradicted upon some material ...
We do not give to the eleventh has been very inaccurately used as applicasection of Act No. 135 of 1898 the strict con- ble to witnesses who have been merely construction which appellants wish to have pla- tradicted upon some material ...
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A provision in a contract with a water twenty - five dollars per year , in semiannual incompany for a supply of water that it shall stallments of $ 12.50 on the first day of May continue “ until either party shall give the other and ...
A provision in a contract with a water twenty - five dollars per year , in semiannual incompany for a supply of water that it shall stallments of $ 12.50 on the first day of May continue “ until either party shall give the other and ...
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The defendant requested the court to the plaintiff's store , the railroad company had give to the jury the following written charfilled up a portion of the natural channel of ges , and separately excepted to the court's the creek by an ...
The defendant requested the court to the plaintiff's store , the railroad company had give to the jury the following written charfilled up a portion of the natural channel of ges , and separately excepted to the court's the creek by an ...
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Page 281 - ... beyond a reasonable doubt. "What is reasonable doubt?" Shaw asked.55 It is a term often used, probably pretty well understood, but not easily denned. It is not mere possible doubt; because everything relating to human affairs, and depending on moral evidence, is open to some possible or imaginary doubt. It is that state of the case, which, after the entire comparison and consideration of all the evidence, leaves the minds of the jurors in that condition that they cannot say they feel an abiding...
Page 349 - House where such bill may be depending shall, by a vote of yeas and nays, deem it expedient to dispense with this rule; but the reading of a bill by sections, on its final passage, shall in no case be dispensed with; and the vote on the passage of every bill or joint resolution shall be taken by yeas and nays.
Page 175 - No foreign corporation shall do any business in this State without having one or more known places of business, and an authorized agent or agents in the same upon whom process may be served.
Page 215 - Knowledge by any employee injured, of the defective or unsafe character or condition of any machinery, ways or appliances, shall be no defense to an action for injury caused thereby, except as to conductors or engineers in charge of dangerous or unsafe cars, or engines voluntarily operated by them.
Page 175 - Every railroad corporation organized or doing business in this State, under the laws or authority thereof, shall have and maintain a public office or place in this State for the transaction of its business...
Page 296 - A communication made bona fide upon any subject-matter In which the party communicating has an interest, or in reference to which he has a duty, is privileged if made to a person having a corresponding interest or duty, although it contain criminatory matter, which, without this privilege, would be slanderous and actionable...
Page 329 - All enactments of this kind partake of the nature of bills of pains and penalties, and are subject to the constitutional inhibition against the passage of bills of attainder, under which general designation they are included.
Page 296 - 'the proper meaning of a privileged communication is only this : that the occasion on which the communication was made rebuts the inference prima facie arising from a statement prejudicial to the character of the plaintiff, and puts it upon him to prove that there was malice in fact — that the defendant was actuated by motives of personal spite or ill-will, independent of the occasion on which the communication was made,' " and Lord Lindley in Stuart v.
Page 214 - Where death ensues from any injury to employees, the legal or personal representatives of the person injured shall have the same rights and remedies as are allowed by law to such representatives of other persons.
Page 178 - That where the act complained of affects the complainant solely in his capacity as a member of the corporation, whether it be as stockholder, director, president, or other officer, and is the act of the corporation, whether acting in stockholders...
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| Title | Southern Reporter, Volume 31 |
| 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, 1902 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 3 Aug 2007 |
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