The Southern Reporter, Volume 34West Publishing Company, 1903 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 218 - ... dollars, nor more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned in the county jail not less than thirty days, nor more than six months, or both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
Page 58 - ... decide the whole matter in controversy in the same manner as if it had been brought there for review by writ of error or appeal.
Page 265 - In all cases in which any particular number of days, not expressed to be clear days, is prescribed by the rules or practice of the courts, the same shall be reckoned exclusively of the first day, and inclusively of the last day, unless the last day shall happen to fall on a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday, or a day appointed for a public fast or thanksgiving ; in which case the time shall be reckoned exclusively of that day also.
Page 355 - ... infant child or children ; and the executor, administrator, or guardian may, at any time within two years after the death of the surviving parent, and in accordance with the laws of the state in which such children...
Page 359 - When contracts for the sale of chattels are broken by the vendor failing to deliver the property according to the terms of the bargain, It seems to be well settled, as a general rule, both In England and the United States, that the measure of damages is the difference between the contract price and the market value of the article at the time when and place where It should have been delivered, with Interest" And this court has often sanctioned that general rule.
Page 403 - State as to the manner in which they are operated, with reference to the security and accommodation of the public...
Page 399 - ... bear interest at a rate not exceeding 5 per cent per annum...
Page 313 - A homestead to the extent of one hundred and sixty acres of farming land, or of one acre within the limits of an incorporated town or city, occupied as a residence by the family of the owner, together with all the improvements on the same, shall be exempted from forced sale under any process of law, and shall not be alienated without the joint consent of husband and wife, when that relation exists...
Page 44 - ... under and by virtue of this agreement or any part thereof, and in case such expense is less than the sum which would have been payable under this contract, if the same had been completed by said contractor, then the said party of the second part shall be entitled to receive the difference...
Page 234 - The defendant requested the court to give to the jury the following written charges, and separately excepted to the court's refusal to give each of them as asked...