The American Decisions: Containing All the Cases of General Value and Authority Decided in the Courts of the Several States, from the Earliest Issue of the State Reports to the Year 1869, Volume 99Bancroft-Whitney, 1888 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 63
... held that insurance policies on such cargoes were void . The broker was , however , held to be liable for the amount received by him . - Agents . So , in general , money collected by an agent , or paid to him for his principal , on an ...
... held that insurance policies on such cargoes were void . The broker was , however , held to be liable for the amount received by him . - Agents . So , in general , money collected by an agent , or paid to him for his principal , on an ...
Page 64
... held that the plaintiff was en titled to recover his share of the sum paid by the maker of the note . Treasurer of Horse - fair Association was held to be liable to the association in an action for moneys had and received , though the ...
... held that the plaintiff was en titled to recover his share of the sum paid by the maker of the note . Treasurer of Horse - fair Association was held to be liable to the association in an action for moneys had and received , though the ...
Page 67
... held that a confederate , employed by a unionist during the war to let slaves in the South , was liable in an ac tion for the proceeds of his contracts of hiring . Gilliam v . Brown , 43 Miss . 642 , is to a like effect . And see also ...
... held that a confederate , employed by a unionist during the war to let slaves in the South , was liable in an ac tion for the proceeds of his contracts of hiring . Gilliam v . Brown , 43 Miss . 642 , is to a like effect . And see also ...
Page 70
... held that upon breach of the covenant of seisin , no more than nominal damages can be recovered , unless it appears that the grantee has suffered some actual injury . And the same doctrine is directly sustained in South Carolina , where ...
... held that upon breach of the covenant of seisin , no more than nominal damages can be recovered , unless it appears that the grantee has suffered some actual injury . And the same doctrine is directly sustained in South Carolina , where ...
Page 75
... held to be personally liable on his covenants , he could not show that the consideration was not wholly or in part received by him or for his use : Bloom v . Wolfe , 50 Iowa , 286. And parol evidence that the plaintiff knew that the ...
... held to be personally liable on his covenants , he could not show that the consideration was not wholly or in part received by him or for his use : Bloom v . Wolfe , 50 Iowa , 286. And parol evidence that the plaintiff knew that the ...
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Page 61 - No court will lend its aid to a man who founds his cause of action upon an immoral or an illegal act.
Page 87 - The principle is that where the owner of two tenements sells one of them, or the owner of an entire estate sells a portion, the purchaser takes the tenement or portion sold, with all the benefits and burdens which appear at the time of the sale, to belong to it, as between it and the property which the vendor retains.
Page 654 - Where, however, the allegation of the claim or defense to which the proof is directed, is unproved, not in some particular or particulars only, but in its general scope and meaning, it is not to be deemed a case of variance, within the last two sections, but a failure of proof.
Page 439 - June, no Writ of Fieri facias, or other Writ of Execution, shall bind the Property of the Goods against whom such Writ of Execution is sued forth, but from the Time that such Writ shall be delivered to the Sheriff, Under-Sheriff, or Coroners, to be executed...
Page 663 - The general rule is that the validity of a contract is to be determined by the law of the state in which it is made; if...
Page 299 - ... provided, that this section shall not be construed to prevent a division and distribution of the capital stock of the company, which shall remain after the payment of all its debts, upon the dissolution of the corporation or the expiration of its charter.
Page 343 - ... every such conveyance not so recorded shall be void as against any subsequent purchaser in good faith and for a valuable consideration of the same real estate or any portion thereof whose conveyance shall be first duly recorded.
Page 632 - On the contrary, although he may be laboring under partial insanity, if he still understands the nature and character of his act, and its consequences; if he has a knowledge that it is wrong and criminal, and a mental power sufficient to apply that knowledge to his own case, and to know that, if he does the act, he will do wrong and receive punishment; such partial insanity is not sufficient to exempt him from responsibility for criminal acts.
Page 153 - ... in all cases where a condition of a bond, recognizance, &c., is possible at the time of the making of the condition, and, before the same can be performed, the condition becomes impossible by the act of God, or of the law, or of the obligee, &c., there, the obligation, Sic., is saved.
Page 354 - An act more effectually to provide for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States...