The Northeastern Reporter, Volume 35West Publishing Company, 1894 - Law Includes the decisions of the Supreme Courts of Massachusetts, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, and Court of Appeals of New York; May/July 1891-Mar./Apr. 1936, Appellate Court of Indiana; Dec. 1926/Feb. 1927-Mar./Apr. 1936, Courts of Appeals of Ohio. |
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... effect is Meyers v . Railroad Co. , 57 Iowa , 555 , 10 N. W. Rep . 896 , also cited in Dillon . And in another of those cases the supreme court of California said : " On this subject the rule is this : Where the legislature , in terms ...
... effect is Meyers v . Railroad Co. , 57 Iowa , 555 , 10 N. W. Rep . 896 , also cited in Dillon . And in another of those cases the supreme court of California said : " On this subject the rule is this : Where the legislature , in terms ...
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... effect . It is a general rule of interpretation that force and effect shall , if practicable , be given to all the language used in an instrument . From the facts before us it appears there are no other public grounds along the line of ...
... effect . It is a general rule of interpretation that force and effect shall , if practicable , be given to all the language used in an instrument . From the facts before us it appears there are no other public grounds along the line of ...
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... effect , payment . The agent must actually receive the cash , or some equivalent , which the association might convert into cash . Having done this , the agent is bound to pay the association , or the association can prosecute him for ...
... effect , payment . The agent must actually receive the cash , or some equivalent , which the association might convert into cash . Having done this , the agent is bound to pay the association , or the association can prosecute him for ...
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... effect . What follows amended answer of the company . The petition avers , and the answer concedes , that the fire occurred on the 4th day of July , 1885. The testimony cannot be pre- sumed to vary or contradict these admis- sions so ...
... effect . What follows amended answer of the company . The petition avers , and the answer concedes , that the fire occurred on the 4th day of July , 1885. The testimony cannot be pre- sumed to vary or contradict these admis- sions so ...
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... effect was determined in ac- cordance with the statute in force at the time of its rendition . By the act then in operation , the court , in their discretion , might grant alimony , where the evidence justified such decree . 2 Chase's ...
... effect was determined in ac- cordance with the statute in force at the time of its rendition . By the act then in operation , the court , in their discretion , might grant alimony , where the evidence justified such decree . 2 Chase's ...
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Page 412 - After hearing the appeal, the court must give judgment, without regard to technical errors or defects or to exceptions which do not affect the substantial rights of the parties.
Page 199 - When the death of one Is caused by the wrongful act or omission of another, the personal representatives of the former may maintain an action therefor against the latter If the former might have maintained an action, had he lived, against the latter for an injury for the same act or omission.
Page 64 - No corporation shall be created by special laws, or its charter extended, changed or amended, except those for charitable, educational, penal or reformatory purposes, which are to be and remain under the patronage and control of the state, but the general assembly shall provide, by general laws, for the organization of all corporations hereafter to be created.
Page 23 - The rule that penal laws are to be construed strictly, is perhaps not much less old than construction itself. It is founded on the tenderness of the law for the rights of individuals ; and on the plain principle that the power of punishment is vested in the legislative, not in the judicial department. It is the legislature, not the court, which is to define a crime, and ordain its punishment.
Page 257 - Constitution, as they shall judge to be for the good and welfare of this Commonwealth, and for the government and ordering thereof and of the subjects of the same...
Page 394 - RULE 5. Every dead body must be accompanied by a person in, charge, who must be provided with a ticket, and also present a full first-class ticket marked "Corpse...
Page 178 - The governor shall have the power to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons after conviction, for all offenses, except treason and cases of impeachment, upon such conditions and with such restrictions and limitations as he may think proper, subject to such regulations as may be provided by law relative to the manner of applying for pardons.
Page 141 - To lay out, to establish, open, alter, widen, extend, grade, pave or otherwise improve streets, alleys, avenues, sidewalks, wharves, parks and public grounds, and vacate the same.
Page 113 - ... that no such government shall be erected or constituted in any town not containing twelve thousand inhabitants; nor unless it be with the •consent, and on the application, of a majority of the inhabitants of such town, present and voting thereon, pursuant to a vote at a meeting duly warned and holden for that purpose...
Page 407 - The absolute ownership of personal property shall not be suspended by any limitation or condition, for a longer period than during the continuance and until the termination of [not more than two] lives in being...