Southern Reporter, Volume 14West Publishing Company, 1894 - 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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... plea of non est factum . The plea of usury was unquestionably sustained . The note sued on showed on its face that interest was to be paid at the rate of 121⁄2 per cent . Notwith- standing this , the jury allowed to the plain- tiff ...
... plea of non est factum . The plea of usury was unquestionably sustained . The note sued on showed on its face that interest was to be paid at the rate of 121⁄2 per cent . Notwith- standing this , the jury allowed to the plain- tiff ...
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... plea of guilty of a minor offense to that charged . The plea was accepted by the state , and the case , called at the time for the trial , was , in consequence , not submitted to a jury . More than 10 months had elapsed from the date of ...
... plea of guilty of a minor offense to that charged . The plea was accepted by the state , and the case , called at the time for the trial , was , in consequence , not submitted to a jury . More than 10 months had elapsed from the date of ...
Page 56
... plea the stat- ute of limitations of one year . The defend- ant demurred to the third plea on the ground that it presented no defense to this action . The court sustained this demurrer , and the defendant excepted . The evidence in ...
... plea the stat- ute of limitations of one year . The defend- ant demurred to the third plea on the ground that it presented no defense to this action . The court sustained this demurrer , and the defendant excepted . The evidence in ...
Page 87
... plea , instead of setting it for hearing on its sufficiency . The plea avers that " it is impossible to trace into the hands of the receiver any of the money deposited by Jno . L. Griffin , ei- ther as contributing a part of the said ...
... plea , instead of setting it for hearing on its sufficiency . The plea avers that " it is impossible to trace into the hands of the receiver any of the money deposited by Jno . L. Griffin , ei- ther as contributing a part of the said ...
Page 105
... plea , and verdict is rendered for defendant upon such plea , is not ground for a new trial . Appeal from city court of Birmingham ; William W. Wilkerson , Judge . Action by Nicholas Schlaff , as adminis- trator of Peter Schlaff ...
... plea , and verdict is rendered for defendant upon such plea , is not ground for a new trial . Appeal from city court of Birmingham ; William W. Wilkerson , Judge . Action by Nicholas Schlaff , as adminis- trator of Peter Schlaff ...
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Popular passages
Page 1 - 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, or such as may reasonably be supposed to have been in the contemplation of both parties, at the time they made the contract, as the probable result...
Page 324 - ... if the interest of the insured be other than unconditional and sole ownership; or if the subject of insurance be a building on ground not owned by the insured in fee simple...
Page 341 - No money shall be drawn from the treasury, except in pursuance of a specific appropriation, made by law ; and no appropriation shall be made for a longer period than two years.
Page 92 - From a deliberate and premeditated design to effect the death of the person killed, or of another; or, 2. By an act imminently dangerous to others, and evincing a depraved mind, regardless of human life, although without a premeditated design to effect the death of any individual; or without a design to effect death, by a person engaged in the commission of, or in an attempt to commit a felony, either upon or affecting the person killed or otherwise; or, 3.
Page 2 - ... 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, or such as may reasonably be supposed to have been in the contemplation of both parties, at the time they made the contract, as the probable result of the breach of it.
Page 18 - Property shall be assessed for taxes under general laws, and by uniform rules, according to its true value.
Page 175 - 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 395 - If, when the unconstitutional portion is stricken out, that which remains is complete in itself, and capable of being executed in accordance with the apparent legislative intent, wholly independent of that which was rejected, it must be sustained.
Page 394 - ... in the appropriate margin or place a cross [X] opposite the name of the candidate of his...
Page 403 - ... or any kitchen, shop, barn, stable or other outhouse that is parcel thereof, or belonging to or adjoining thereto, whether the property of himself or of another, shall be guilty of Arson in the first degree, and upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than two nor more than twenty years.