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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... possession of property , but also those rights which render possession valuable . Whether you flood the farmer's fields so that they cannot be culti- vated , or pollute the bleacher's stream so that his fabrics are stained , or fill ...
... possession of property , but also those rights which render possession valuable . Whether you flood the farmer's fields so that they cannot be culti- vated , or pollute the bleacher's stream so that his fabrics are stained , or fill ...
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... possession by virtue of his employment ; 3d , that he embezzled , or fraudulently converted it to his own use , or fraudulently secreted it with intent to convert to his own use . If it were conceded that his wife was an agent in the ...
... possession by virtue of his employment ; 3d , that he embezzled , or fraudulently converted it to his own use , or fraudulently secreted it with intent to convert to his own use . If it were conceded that his wife was an agent in the ...
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... possession wholly and exclu- sively for the benefit of the bailor . " The deposit of the money with the wife of appellant was , on the undisputed facts , a mere naked bailment , a depositum , which she held wholly and exclu sively for ...
... possession wholly and exclu- sively for the benefit of the bailor . " The deposit of the money with the wife of appellant was , on the undisputed facts , a mere naked bailment , a depositum , which she held wholly and exclu sively for ...
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... possession . Thus in United States v . Prescott , supra , Jus- tice MCLEAN , in delivering the opinion of the court , said : " The liability of the defendant , Prescott , arises out of his official bond , and principles founded upon ...
... possession . Thus in United States v . Prescott , supra , Jus- tice MCLEAN , in delivering the opinion of the court , said : " The liability of the defendant , Prescott , arises out of his official bond , and principles founded upon ...
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... possessed of them ; that thereafter , in the year 1876 , the bank and its co - defendant , Hogan , entered into a conspiracy for the purpose of blackmailing plaintiff , and extorting money from him by means of the possession of the ...
... possessed of them ; that thereafter , in the year 1876 , the bank and its co - defendant , Hogan , entered into a conspiracy for the purpose of blackmailing plaintiff , and extorting money from him by means of the possession of the ...
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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...