The Monthly Law Reporter, Volume 17Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1855 - Law |
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... vessel , in which the year before , Lalouette was accustomed to dissolve his vitriol . But this allegation was easily disproved . The vessel used for the soup was found ; it was the same that had been used by the old man for ten years ...
... vessel , in which the year before , Lalouette was accustomed to dissolve his vitriol . But this allegation was easily disproved . The vessel used for the soup was found ; it was the same that had been used by the old man for ten years ...
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... vessel farther than the established usage of pilots required , and that an usage not to carry vessels above the bridge having been proved , his refusal so to do did not deprive him of the right to his fees . - Hunt v . Carlisle ...
... vessel farther than the established usage of pilots required , and that an usage not to carry vessels above the bridge having been proved , his refusal so to do did not deprive him of the right to his fees . - Hunt v . Carlisle ...
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... vessel , were liable for supplies , and that by this charter party the charter- ers were owners for the voyage , the whole vessel being at their disposal , and they to victual , man and sail her ; and that the exception of " neces- sary ...
... vessel , were liable for supplies , and that by this charter party the charter- ers were owners for the voyage , the whole vessel being at their disposal , and they to victual , man and sail her ; and that the exception of " neces- sary ...
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... vessel , the moneys received for such prior charges ; if such is the ordinary course of the usual em- ployment of such steamboat or vessel . The evidence produced in this case fully established the existence of a custom for the masters ...
... vessel , the moneys received for such prior charges ; if such is the ordinary course of the usual em- ployment of such steamboat or vessel . The evidence produced in this case fully established the existence of a custom for the masters ...
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... vessel in rem ; and not only against the interests of the general owners in the vessel , but also against the interests of other parties having common law liens ; or having maritime liens , which from their nature and character , or the ...
... vessel in rem ; and not only against the interests of the general owners in the vessel , but also against the interests of other parties having common law liens ; or having maritime liens , which from their nature and character , or the ...
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Page 578 - ... to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.
Page 212 - An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters...
Page 461 - Where two parties have made a contract, which one of them has broken, the damages which the other party ought to receive In respect of such breach of contract should be such as may fairly and reasonably be considered either arising naturally (ie, according to the usual course of things) from such breach of contract Itself...
Page 473 - For such loss would neither have flowed naturally from the breach of this contract in the great multitude of such cases occurring under ordinary circumstances, nor were the special circumstances, which, perhaps, would have made it a reasonable and natural consequence of such breach of contract, communicated to or known by the defendants.
Page 692 - Can a medical man, conversant with the disease of insanity, who never saw the prisoner previously to the trial, but who was present during the whole trial and the examination of all the witnesses, be asked his opinion as to the state of the prisoner's mind at the time of the commission of the alleged crime, or his opinion whether the prisoner was conscious at the time of doing the act that he was acting contrary to law, or whether he was labouring under any and what delusion at the time?
Page 578 - ... it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was laboring under such a defect of reason from disease of the mind as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong. The mode of putting the latter part of the question to the jury on these occasions has generally been, whether the accused at the time of doing the act knew the difference between right and wrong...
Page 499 - ... exclusive original cognizance of all civil causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, including all seizures under laws of impost, navigation, or trade, of the United States, where the seizures are made on waters which are navigable from the sea by vessels of ten or more tons' burden, within their respective districts, as well as upon the high seas...
Page 554 - Sir, you do not know it to be good or bad till the judge determines it. I have said that you are to state facts fairly; so that your thinking, or what you call knowing, a cause to be bad must be from reasoning, must be from your supposing your arguments to be weak and inconclusive.
Page 490 - ... in this one, that we might escape the desolation of the storm. This treaty, like a rainbow on the edge of the cloud, marked to our eyes the space where it was raging, and afforded, at the same time, the sure prognostic of fair weather. If we reject it, the vivid colors will grow pale, it will be a baleful meteor portending tempest and war.
Page 578 - If the accused was conscious that the act was one which he ought not to do, and if that act was at the same time contrary to the law of the land, he is punishable...