Albany Law Journal, Volume 1Weed, Parsons & Company, 1870 - Law |
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... defendant's road , was in- jured by an accident , caused by the breaking of the tyre of one of the wheels of the car in which he was seated ; it was proved that such breaking was owing to an air - bubble , which could neither be ...
... defendant's road , was in- jured by an accident , caused by the breaking of the tyre of one of the wheels of the car in which he was seated ; it was proved that such breaking was owing to an air - bubble , which could neither be ...
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... defendant in error was indicted for murder in the first degree . It appeared that the accused and the mur- dered man had met in the street and that almost at the instant of meeting the accused , actuated by some supposed insult or ...
... defendant in error was indicted for murder in the first degree . It appeared that the accused and the mur- dered man had met in the street and that almost at the instant of meeting the accused , actuated by some supposed insult or ...
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... defendant's counsel , in order to conform the pleadings more definitely to the facts proved on the trial , will not be disturbed by the Supreme Court unless satisfied that there has been abuse of discretion or that the order made was ...
... defendant's counsel , in order to conform the pleadings more definitely to the facts proved on the trial , will not be disturbed by the Supreme Court unless satisfied that there has been abuse of discretion or that the order made was ...
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... defendant , before he can be called to answer . Waters v . Wing , 59 Penn . 2. The plaintiff's horse was killed by the shaft of the defend- ant's carriage running into him , both being on a public highway . The defendant asked the court ...
... defendant , before he can be called to answer . Waters v . Wing , 59 Penn . 2. The plaintiff's horse was killed by the shaft of the defend- ant's carriage running into him , both being on a public highway . The defendant asked the court ...
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... defendant , and had afterward agreed to compromise and settle the judgment for a less sum , to be secured by the note of the defendant , payable at a certain time , with interest . To carry out said agreement , plaintiff executed a ...
... defendant , and had afterward agreed to compromise and settle the judgment for a less sum , to be secured by the note of the defendant , payable at a certain time , with interest . To carry out said agreement , plaintiff executed a ...
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Page 50 - I said, there was a society of men among us, bred up from their youth in the art of proving by words multiplied for the purpose, that white is black, and black is white, according as they are paid.
Page 326 - ... to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.
Page 346 - The court shall, in every stage of an action, disregard any error or defect in the pleadings or proceedings which shall not affect the substantial rights of the adverse party, and no judgment shall be reversed or affected by reason of such error or defect.
Page 133 - Congress a power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises ; to pay the debts, and provide for the common defence, and general welfare of the United States, and to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States...
Page 73 - In other countries, the people, more simple, and of a less mercurial cast, judge of an ill principle in government only by an actual grievance ; here they anticipate the evil, and judge of the pressure of the grievance by the badness of the principle. They augur misgovernment at a distance ; and snuff the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze.
Page 53 - Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion be your tutor: suit the action to the word, the word to the action; with this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature : for any thing so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was and is, to hold, as 'twere, the mirror up to nature; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure.
Page 21 - That all persons born in the United States and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians not taxed, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States...
Page 120 - The rule of the common law is, that where a party sustains a loss by reason of a breach of contract, he is, so far as money can do it, to be placed in the same situation, with respect to damages, as if the contract had been performed.
Page 327 - Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
Page 324 - The taking, receiving, reserving, or charging a rate of interest greater than is allowed by the preceding section, when knowingly done, shall be deemed a forfeiture of the entire interest which the note, bill, or other evidence of debt carries with it, or which has been agreed to be paid thereon.