Institutes of American Law, Volume 3R.E. Peterson, 1854 - Law |
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... debt , 626 . 1. Of the obligations on which debt may be sustained , 627 . § 2. Of the declaration in debt , 631 . 3. Of the pleas in debt , 632 . 4. Of the evidence , 634 . 5. Of the judgment , 637 . S. 5. Of the action of detinue , 638 ...
... debt , 626 . 1. Of the obligations on which debt may be sustained , 627 . § 2. Of the declaration in debt , 631 . 3. Of the pleas in debt , 632 . 4. Of the evidence , 634 . 5. Of the judgment , 637 . S. 5. Of the action of detinue , 638 ...
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... debt of her kusband , because he was of opinion that the contract of a married woman is absolutely void , and referred to a decision to that effect , viz . Marshal v . Rutton , ( b ) he not knowing , or forgetting , that in equity ...
... debt of her kusband , because he was of opinion that the contract of a married woman is absolutely void , and referred to a decision to that effect , viz . Marshal v . Rutton , ( b ) he not knowing , or forgetting , that in equity ...
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... debt or chose in action should be required to be delivered to the assignee . The want of this precaution may subject the assignee to a loss , for , until notice , the assignor would be entitled to receive payment , or , if he as- signed ...
... debt or chose in action should be required to be delivered to the assignee . The want of this precaution may subject the assignee to a loss , for , until notice , the assignor would be entitled to receive payment , or , if he as- signed ...
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... debt , and he fails to pay , because the money tendered belongs , to a certain extent , though not in every particular , to the creditor , ( d ) and if the debtor has made use of it , he cannot plead that he tendered the money and has ...
... debt , and he fails to pay , because the money tendered belongs , to a certain extent , though not in every particular , to the creditor , ( d ) and if the debtor has made use of it , he cannot plead that he tendered the money and has ...
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... debt . It is a species of sale by the debtor to the creditor , but it differs from it in this , that it is not valid until the delivery of the article by the debtor to the creditor , and there is no warranty in the thing given , except ...
... debt . It is a species of sale by the debtor to the creditor , but it differs from it in this , that it is not valid until the delivery of the article by the debtor to the creditor , and there is no warranty in the thing given , except ...
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Page 90 - That a final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest court of law or equity of a state in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under, the United States...
Page 91 - States, and the decision is in favor of such their validity, or where is drawn in question the construction of any clause of the Constitution, or of a treaty or statute of, or commission held under the United States, and the decision is against the title, right, privilege, or exemption specially set up or claimed by either party, under such clause of the said Constitution, treaty, statute, or commission, may be re-examined and reversed or affirmed in the Supreme Court of the United States upon a...
Page 376 - From the variety of cases relative to judgments being given in evidence in civil suits, these two deductions seem to follow as generally true : first, that the judgment of a Court of concurrent jurisdiction, directly upon the point, is as a plea, a bar, or as evidence, conclusive, between the same parties, upon the same matter, directly in question in another Court...
Page 114 - States shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several states, of all suits of a civil nature at common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of costs, the sum or value of five hundred dollars, and arising under the Constitution or laws of the United States...
Page 441 - No person duly authorized to practice physic or surgery, shall be allowed to disclose any information which he may have acquired in attending any patient, in a professional character, and which information was necessary to enable him to prescribe for such patient as a physician, or to do any act for him as a surgeon (id.
Page 93 - The supreme court shall also have appellate jurisdiction from the circuit courts and courts of the several states, in the cases hereinafter specially provided for; and shall have power to issue writs of prohibition to the district courts, when proceeding as courts of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction...
Page 109 - And upon a like process, may final judgments and decrees in civil actions, and suits in equity in a circuit court, brought there by original process, or removed there from...
Page 652 - The Rule of law is laid down with perfect correctness in the case of Butterfield v. Forrester (x), that although there may have been Negligence on the part of the plaintiff, yet unless he might by the exercise of ordinary care have avoided the consequences of the defendant's Negligence, he is entitled to recover. But if by ordinary care he might have avoided them, he is the author of his own wrong.
Page 88 - That the Supreme Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all controversies of a civil nature, where a state is a party, except between a state and its citizens; and except also between a state and citizens of other states, or aliens, in which latter case it shall have original but not exclusive jurisdiction.
Page 85 - It shall be the duty of the marshal of each district to attend the district and circuit courts when sitting therein, and to execute throughout the district all lawful precepts directed to him and issued under the authority of the United States; and he shall have power to command all necessary assistance in the execution of his duty.