The American Reports: Containing All Decisions of General Interest Decided in the Courts of Last Resort of the Several States with Notes and References, Volume 56Bancroft-Whitney, 1887 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... render such acts almost indispensable , and then other less urgent rights , of the public at least , must give way . But when in the ordinary Pennsylvania Railroad Company v . Angel course of its business MARCH TERM , 1886 . 3.
... render such acts almost indispensable , and then other less urgent rights , of the public at least , must give way . But when in the ordinary Pennsylvania Railroad Company v . Angel course of its business MARCH TERM , 1886 . 3.
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... case to be found in our reports , of the application of the doctrine that a statu- tory authority justifies acts which otherwise would give a right of action . Pennsylvania Railroad Company v . Angel . But it will 8 NEW JERSEY ,
... case to be found in our reports , of the application of the doctrine that a statu- tory authority justifies acts which otherwise would give a right of action . Pennsylvania Railroad Company v . Angel . But it will 8 NEW JERSEY ,
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... give rise to public rights by dedication . The object of the principle is not to create public rights , but to secure to persons purchasing lots under such circumstances those benefits , the promise of which it is reasonable to infer ...
... give rise to public rights by dedication . The object of the principle is not to create public rights , but to secure to persons purchasing lots under such circumstances those benefits , the promise of which it is reasonable to infer ...
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... give the jury a clearer and more definite understanding of the rules by which they were to be governed in assessing the damages ; but it was not calculated to mislead the jury , in favor of the defendants . The qualifying words " not at ...
... give the jury a clearer and more definite understanding of the rules by which they were to be governed in assessing the damages ; but it was not calculated to mislead the jury , in favor of the defendants . The qualifying words " not at ...
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... give evidence , he observes : The statutes however cannot be so construed as to authorize com- pulsory process against an accused , to compel him to disclose more than he chooses ; they do not so far change the old system as to ...
... give evidence , he observes : The statutes however cannot be so construed as to authorize com- pulsory process against an accused , to compel him to disclose more than he chooses ; they do not so far change the old system as to ...
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Page 364 - By the law of the land is most clearly intended the general law ; a law which hears before it condemns ; which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial.
Page 881 - ... shall not be liable to attachment, levy, or seizure by or under any legal or equitable process whatever, either before or after receipt by the beneficiary.
Page 464 - ... death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof, then and in every such case the person who would have been liable if death had not ensued shall be liable to an action for damages, notwithstanding the death of the person injured, and although the death shall have been caused under such circumstances as amount in law to felony.
Page 594 - person' may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate as well as to individuals.
Page 716 - 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 95 - We think that the true rule of law is, that the person who for his own purposes brings on his lands and collects and keeps there anything likely to do mischief if it escapes, must keep it in at his peril, and, if he does not do so is prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape.
Page 54 - Where two parties have made a contract which one of them has broken, the damages which the other party ought to receive in respect of such breach of contract should be such as may fairly and reasonably be considered either arising naturally, ie, according to the usual course of things, from such breach of contract itself, or such as may reasonably be supposed to have been...
Page 121 - It is agreed between the sender of the following message and this company that said company shall not be liable for mistakes or delays in the transmission and delivery, or for nondelivery, of any unrepeated message, whether happening by negligence of its servants or otherwise, beyond the amount received for sending the same...
Page 54 - ... the damages resulting from the breach of such a contract, which they would reasonably contemplate, would be the amount of injury which would ordinarily follow from a breach of contract under these special circumstances so known and communicated.
Page 527 - Provided, that in actions where one of the original parties to the contract or cause of action in issue and on trial is dead...