Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Louisiana, Volume 22state, 1870 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... persons engaged in the traffic in shells . Both parties trace title from one Louis Decueris , a former owner , who , both contestants admit , had a perfect title . The plaintif claims under a sheriff's deed to him as purchaser of the ...
... persons engaged in the traffic in shells . Both parties trace title from one Louis Decueris , a former owner , who , both contestants admit , had a perfect title . The plaintif claims under a sheriff's deed to him as purchaser of the ...
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... persons , until set aside by a direct action . To this reasoning we can not assent . This is a petitory action , in which the plaintiff seeks to wrest from the defendant certain property in his possession , and to do so in virtue of the ...
... persons , until set aside by a direct action . To this reasoning we can not assent . This is a petitory action , in which the plaintiff seeks to wrest from the defendant certain property in his possession , and to do so in virtue of the ...
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... person , is scarcely to be taken as showing due diligence to find him , confronted as it is by several witnesses who ... persons for the right of preference to the appointment , do not apply in a case where the question is succession or ...
... person , is scarcely to be taken as showing due diligence to find him , confronted as it is by several witnesses who ... persons for the right of preference to the appointment , do not apply in a case where the question is succession or ...
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... persons for the right of preference to the appointment of administrator , but not , as in this case , where the principal question is , succession or no succession ; or whether an administration is necessary , or legally possible . The ...
... persons for the right of preference to the appointment of administrator , but not , as in this case , where the principal question is , succession or no succession ; or whether an administration is necessary , or legally possible . The ...
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... persons interested to show cause why the same should not be homologated , etc. Under the provisions of this act it is shown that , on the twenty - eighth of August , 1867 , an order was rendered appointing three persons as commissioners ...
... persons interested to show cause why the same should not be homologated , etc. Under the provisions of this act it is shown that , on the twenty - eighth of August , 1867 , an order was rendered appointing three persons as commissioners ...
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Page 612 - York, to be a provisional judge to hold said court, with authority to hear, try, and determine all causes, civil and criminal, including causes in law, equity, revenue, and admiralty, and particularly all such powers and jurisdiction as belong to the district and circuit courts of the United States...
Page 297 - States shall have a paramount lien upon all its assets; and such deficiency shall be made good out of such assets in preference to any and all other claims whatsoever, except the necessary costs and expenses of administering the same.
Page 537 - it extends to the protection of the lives, limbs, health, comfort, and quiet of all persons, and the protection of all property within the State.
Page 537 - Constitution, to make, ordain, and establish all manner of wholesome and reasonable laws, statutes, and ordinances, either with penalties or without, not repugnant to the Constitution, as they shall judge to be for the good and welfare of the commonwealth, and of the subjects of the same. It is much easier to perceive and realize the existence and sources of this power than to mark its boundaries, or prescribe limits to its exercise.
Page 304 - Comptroller, shall take possession of the books, records, and assets of every description of such association, collect all debts, dues, and claims belonging to it, and, upon the order of a court of record of competent jurisdiction, may sell or compound all bad or doubtful debts, and, on a like order, may sell all the real and personal property of such association, on such terms as the court shall direct...
Page 644 - Larceny is the felonious taking and carrying away of the personal goods of another.
Page 537 - There is also the general police power of the state, by which persons and property are subjected to all kinds of restraints and burdens, in order to secure the general comfort, health, and prosperity of the state, of the perfect right, in the Legislature to do which no question ever was, or, upon acknowledged general principles, ever can be, made so far as natural persons are concerned.
Page 259 - ... it is necessary to observe great caution to avoid giving an effect to these acts, which was never contemplated by the legislature. In terms, the whole body of the statute law was repealed; but these repeals went into operation simultaneously with the revised statutes, which were substituted for them and were intended to replace them, with such modifications as were intended to be made by that revision. There was no moment in which the repealing act stood in force without being replaced by the...
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Page 259 - In construing the Revised Statutes and the connected acts of amendment and repeal, it is necessary to observe great caution to avoid giving an effect to these acts which was never contemplated by the legislature. In terms, the whole body of the statute law was repealed; but these repeals went into operation simultaneously with the Revised Statutes, which were substituted for them, and were intended to replace them, with such modifications as were intended to be made by that revision.