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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... statute , which is taken from , or in most re- spects modeled after , the English statute ; and we need not take issue with counsel that this is a pregnant omission , implying an intent on the part of the legislature to make the common ...
... statute , which is taken from , or in most re- spects modeled after , the English statute ; and we need not take issue with counsel that this is a pregnant omission , implying an intent on the part of the legislature to make the common ...
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... statute ( McClel . Dig . §§ 4 , 5 , p . 481 ; Rev. St. 1515 ) provides that the verdict and judgment in ejectment , if for the plaintiff , shall state the quantity of the estate of the plaintiff , and shall describe the land by its ...
... statute ( McClel . Dig . §§ 4 , 5 , p . 481 ; Rev. St. 1515 ) provides that the verdict and judgment in ejectment , if for the plaintiff , shall state the quantity of the estate of the plaintiff , and shall describe the land by its ...
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... statute clearly gives to a party against whom an entire money judg- ment has been rendered the right to super- sede , as of course , such judgment by giving the bond in the sum , conditioned and approv- ed , as required by the statute ...
... statute clearly gives to a party against whom an entire money judg- ment has been rendered the right to super- sede , as of course , such judgment by giving the bond in the sum , conditioned and approv- ed , as required by the statute ...
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... statute , and without a compliance with such requirements the action must be dismissed , because the court has no jurisdiction , yet the statute , in prescribing the form of the judgment to be rendered in case of dismissal , vests in ...
... statute , and without a compliance with such requirements the action must be dismissed , because the court has no jurisdiction , yet the statute , in prescribing the form of the judgment to be rendered in case of dismissal , vests in ...
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... statute is somewhat awkwardly framed . It is , however , reme- dial in its character and purpose , and must be liberally construed . Statutes must be so construed , if possible , as to give effect to every clause , and not to place one ...
... statute is somewhat awkwardly framed . It is , however , reme- dial in its character and purpose , and must be liberally construed . Statutes must be so construed , if possible , as to give effect to every clause , and not to place one ...
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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.