Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon, Volume 8Oregon. Supreme Court, William Wallace Thayer, Joseph Gardner Wilson, Thomas Benton Odeneal, George Henry Burnett, Julius Augustus Stratton, Robert Graves Morrow, William Henry Holmes, James W. Crawford, Reuben S. Strahan, Frank A. Turner, Bellinger, Charles Byron West Publishing Company, 1880 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... plaintiff is a corporation formed under the laws of New York and New Jersey , and doing business in this state as a ... plaintiff was the owner and entitled to the posses- sion of one Singer sewing machine valued at sixty - five dollars ...
... plaintiff is a corporation formed under the laws of New York and New Jersey , and doing business in this state as a ... plaintiff was the owner and entitled to the posses- sion of one Singer sewing machine valued at sixty - five dollars ...
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... plaintiff . That the said defendants have wrongfully and willfully converted said property to their own . use , to the damage of this plaintiff in the sum of sixty - five dol- lars . That on or about the day of January , 1879 , the ...
... plaintiff . That the said defendants have wrongfully and willfully converted said property to their own . use , to the damage of this plaintiff in the sum of sixty - five dol- lars . That on or about the day of January , 1879 , the ...
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... plaintiff . That said plaintiff has been at great trouble and expense in tracing and searching for his said property , to wit , the sum of twenty - five dollars , and at the expense of employing attorneys to bring and prosecute this ...
... plaintiff . That said plaintiff has been at great trouble and expense in tracing and searching for his said property , to wit , the sum of twenty - five dollars , and at the expense of employing attorneys to bring and prosecute this ...
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... plaintiff , Eva Page , was a lewd and unchaste woman . After the defendants had rested their case , the plaintiffs then called the following witnesses for the pur- pose of proving that the general reputation of the plaintiff , Eva Page ...
... plaintiff , Eva Page , was a lewd and unchaste woman . After the defendants had rested their case , the plaintiffs then called the following witnesses for the pur- pose of proving that the general reputation of the plaintiff , Eva Page ...
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... plaintiff . " " If it was void as between plaintiff and the Uptons , then the signing of the composition deed by plaintiff , constituted no defense to the defendant in this action . " " The composition deed is a representation that the ...
... plaintiff . " " If it was void as between plaintiff and the Uptons , then the signing of the composition deed by plaintiff , constituted no defense to the defendant in this action . " " The composition deed is a representation that the ...
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Page 359 - The United States of America and the Emperor of China cordially recognize the inherent and inalienable right of man to change his home and allegiance, and also the mutual advantage of the free migration and emigration of their citizens and subjects, respectively, from the one country to the other, for purposes of curiosity, of trade, or as permanent residents.
Page 271 - The court may determine any controversy between parties before it, when it can be done without prejudice to the rights of others, or by saving their rights ; but when a complete determination of the controversy cannot be had without the presence of other parties, the court must order them to be brought in.
Page 377 - ... all remedial statutes; the old law, the mischief, and the remedy: that is, how the common law stood at the making of the act; what the mischief was, for which the common law did not provide; and what remedy the parliament hath provided to cure this mischief. And it is the business of the judges so to construe the act as to suppress the mischief and advance the remedy (ej.
Page 454 - We are of opinion, therefore, that there was no error in the refusal of the court to charge the jury as requested by the plaintiff in error or in the charge given to the jury.
Page 377 - A subsequent statute revising the whole subject-matter of a former one, and evidently intended as a substitute for it, although it contains no express words to that effect, must on principles of law, as well as in reason and common sense, operate to repeal the former.
Page 412 - The General Assembly shall not pass local or special laws in any of the following enumerated cases, that is to say : Regulating the jurisdiction and duties of justices of the peace and of constables; For the punishment of crimes and misdemeanors...
Page 414 - Regulating the practice in courts of Justice; Providing for changing the venue In civil and criminal cases; Granting divorces; Changing the names of persons; For laying out, opening and workIng on, highways, and for the election or appointment of supervisors...
Page 20 - Every act shall embrace but one subject, and matters properly connected therewith; which subject shall be expressed in the title. But if any subject shall be embraced in an act, which shall not be expressed in the title, such act shall be void only as to so much thereof as shall not be expressed in the title.
Page 341 - The General Assembly shall provide, by law, for a uniform and equal rate of assessment and taxation; and shall prescribe such regulations as shall secure a just valuation for taxation of all property, both real and personal, excepting such only for municipal, educational, literary, scientific, religious or charitable purposes, as may be specially exempted by law.
Page 218 - No person shall be rendered incompetent as a witness or juror in consequence of his opinions on matters of religion, nor be questioned in any court of justice touching his religious belief, to affect the weight of his testimony.