The American Law Register, Volume 28; Volume 37D.B. Canfield & Company, 1889 - Electronic journals |
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... issued to the plaintiff's testator , which provided that it should be void , if the insured should commit suicide ; and he did commit suicide by hang- ing himself . The plaintiff claimed that the deceased was in- sane at the time , and ...
... issued to the plaintiff's testator , which provided that it should be void , if the insured should commit suicide ; and he did commit suicide by hang- ing himself . The plaintiff claimed that the deceased was in- sane at the time , and ...
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... issued to an engineer , who was killed on his own locomotive . It pro- vided against death " caused by acci- dent while travelling by public or private conveyance provided for the transportation of passengers . " It was held , that the ...
... issued to an engineer , who was killed on his own locomotive . It pro- vided against death " caused by acci- dent while travelling by public or private conveyance provided for the transportation of passengers . " It was held , that the ...
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... issued principally to travellers , or per- sons exposed to unusual perils and dangers , and , the risks in such cases being extremely hazardous , it is by no means unreasonable that the in- surer should require that the assured should ...
... issued principally to travellers , or per- sons exposed to unusual perils and dangers , and , the risks in such cases being extremely hazardous , it is by no means unreasonable that the in- surer should require that the assured should ...
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... issued a certificate , containing a provision avoiding it , if the assured should use alcoholic stimulants to the injury of his health , to a person known to its agent to be a confirmed drunkard : Newman v . Covenant Mut . Ben . Assn ...
... issued a certificate , containing a provision avoiding it , if the assured should use alcoholic stimulants to the injury of his health , to a person known to its agent to be a confirmed drunkard : Newman v . Covenant Mut . Ben . Assn ...
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... issued . Hence , where a ticket provides that the coupons attached shall be void if detached , and a passenger presents coupons without the ticket , he can be required to pay his fare or leave the train : Marshall v . B. & A. R. ( 1887 ) ...
... issued . Hence , where a ticket provides that the coupons attached shall be void if detached , and a passenger presents coupons without the ticket , he can be required to pay his fare or leave the train : Marshall v . B. & A. R. ( 1887 ) ...
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Page 774 - Within the age of twenty-one years; or 2. Insane; or 3. Imprisoned on a criminal charge, or in execution under the sentence of a criminal court, for a term less than his natural life ; or 4. A married woman ; The time of such disability is not a part of the time limited for the commencement of the action...
Page 606 - We hold it to be an incontrovertible principle, that the government of the United States may, by means of physical force, exercised through its official agents, execute on every foot of American soil the powers and functions that belong to it.
Page 387 - ... whensoever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such as would (if death had not ensued...
Page 21 - ... in the course of professional employment. 3. A clergyman or priest cannot, without the consent of the person making the confession, be examined as to any confession made to him in his professional character in the course of discipline enjoined by the church to which he belongs.
Page 755 - Any married woman may carry on any trade or business, and perform any labor or services, on her sole and separate account; and the earnings of any married woman, from her trade, business, labor, or services, shall be her sole and separate property, and may be used and invested by her in her own name.
Page 748 - ... any damages or costs recovered by her in any such action or proceeding shall be her separate property; and any damages or costs recovered against her in any such action or proceeding shall be payable out of her separate property, and not otherwise.
Page 598 - The Constitution and laws of the United States are the supreme law of the land, and to these every citizen of every State owes obedience, whether in his individual or official capacity.
Page 584 - ... in every such action the jury may give such damages as they may think proportioned to the injury resulting from such death to the parties, respectively, for whom and for whose benefit such action shall be brought...
Page 766 - A husband cannot be examined for or against his wife without her consent ; nor a wife for or against her husband, without his consent ; nor can either, during the marriage or afterward, be, without the consent of the other, examined as to any communication made by one to the other during the marriage...
Page 386 - Person deceased; and in every such Action the Jury may give such Damages as they may think proportioned to the injury resulting from such Death to the Parties respectively for whom and for whose Benefit such Action shall be brought...