Miscellaneous Reports. Cases Decided in the Courts of Record of the State of New York Other Than the Court of Appeals and the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Volume 37Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, 1902 - Law reports, digests, etc "Cases decided in the courts of record of the state of New York, other than the Court of Appeals and the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, including the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court for the hearing of appeals from the City Court of the city of New York and the Municipal Court of the city of New York; special terms and trial terms of the Supreme Court, City Court of the city of New York, the Court of general sessions of the peace in and for the city and county of New York, county courts, and the Surrogates' Courts." (varies slightly) |
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Page 22
... effect as a complete gift . Any- thing short of this strips it of the quality of completeness which distinguishes an intention to give , which alone amounts to noth- ing , from the consummated act , which changes the title . The in ...
... effect as a complete gift . Any- thing short of this strips it of the quality of completeness which distinguishes an intention to give , which alone amounts to noth- ing , from the consummated act , which changes the title . The in ...
Page 68
... Effect of a renewal note . - Where a wife , after duly pledging her bank stock for a loan by a contract in writing and delivering the genuine certificate of it en- dorsed in blank to the pledgee , suffers her husband to raise moneys ...
... Effect of a renewal note . - Where a wife , after duly pledging her bank stock for a loan by a contract in writing and delivering the genuine certificate of it en- dorsed in blank to the pledgee , suffers her husband to raise moneys ...
Page 74
... effect that " the said member is entitled to the death benefit , " without which cer- tificate " no member shall be considered entitled to this benefit . " Section 6 permits the change of a beneficiary by taking out a new certificate ...
... effect that " the said member is entitled to the death benefit , " without which cer- tificate " no member shall be considered entitled to this benefit . " Section 6 permits the change of a beneficiary by taking out a new certificate ...
Page 75
... effect . " Under these provisions , it is perfectly clear that the issuance of the certificate was a condition to the member's eligibility for benefits , and that it was to the " heirs " of a member thus entitled to benefits that a ...
... effect . " Under these provisions , it is perfectly clear that the issuance of the certificate was a condition to the member's eligibility for benefits , and that it was to the " heirs " of a member thus entitled to benefits that a ...
Page 82
... effect of the enforcement of such judgment or transfer will be to en- able any one of his creditors to obtain a greater percentage of his debt than any other of such creditors of the same class . b . If a bankrupt shall have given a ...
... effect of the enforcement of such judgment or transfer will be to en- able any one of his creditors to obtain a greater percentage of his debt than any other of such creditors of the same class . b . If a bankrupt shall have given a ...
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Page 799 - As between immediate parties, and as regards a remote party other than a holder in due course, the delivery, in order to be effectual, must be made either by or under the authority of the party making, drawing, accepting, or indorsing, as the case may be; and in such case the delivery may be shown to have been conditional, or for a special purpose only, and not for the purpose of transferring the property in the instrument.
Page 81 - ... a person shall be deemed insolvent within the provisions of this act whenever the aggregate of his property, exclusive of any property which he may have conveyed, transferred, concealed, or removed, or permitted to be concealed or removed, with intent to defraud, hinder or delay his creditors, shall not, at a fair valuation, be sufficient in amount to pay his debts.
Page 230 - That all levies, judgments, attachments, or other liens, obtained through legal proceedings against a person who is insolvent, at any time within four months prior to the filing of a petition in bankruptcy against him, shall be deemed null and void in case he is adjudged a bankrupt...
Page 800 - A holder in due course holds the instrument free from any defect of title of prior parties, and free from defenses available to prior parties among themselves, and may enforce payment of the instrument for the full amount thereof against all parties liable thereon.
Page 800 - But where the instrument is in the hands of a holder in due course, a valid delivery thereof by all parties prior to him so as to make them liable to him is conclusively presumed.
Page 467 - I give, devise and bequeath all the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, both real and personal, to my beloved wife, to have and to hold to her, my said wife, and to her heirs and assigns forever.
Page 30 - But a marriage shall not be annulled on the ground of force or duress, if it appears that, at any time before the commencement of the action, the parties thereto voluntarily cohabited as husband and wife; or on the ground of fraud, if it appears that, at any time before the commencement thereof, the parties voluntarily cohabited as husband and wife, with a full knowledge of the facts constituting the fraud.
Page 446 - When property is transferred in trust or otherwise and the rights, interests or estates of the transferees are dependent upon contingencies or conditions whereby they may be wholly or in part created, defeated, extended or abridged...
Page 226 - We think it is a settled principle, growing out of the nature of well-ordered civil society, that every holder of property, however absolute and unqualified may be his title, holds it under the implied liability that his use of it may be so regulated, that it shall not be injurious to the equal enjoyment of others having an equal right to the enjoyment of their property, nor injurious to the rights of the community.
Page 226 - All property in this Commonwealth is .... held subject to those general regulations which are necessary to the common good and general welfare. Rights of property, like all other social and conventional rights, are subject to such reasonable limitations in their enjoyment as shall prevent them from being injurious, and to such reasonable restraints and regulations established by law as the legislature, under the governing and controlling power...