The Northwestern Reporter, Volume 25West Publishing Company, 1886 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page iii
... cause to this court shall , at least one day previous to the argument , deliver to the clerk eight copies - one for each of the judges , one for the reporter , one for the clerk , and one for the state libra- rian of the printed case or ...
... cause to this court shall , at least one day previous to the argument , deliver to the clerk eight copies - one for each of the judges , one for the reporter , one for the clerk , and one for the state libra- rian of the printed case or ...
Page iv
... CAUSES . Whenever a cause is reached , and the plain- tiff in error or appellant fails to appear , and his abstract is not on file , the defendant may have his case dismissed , or may submit it with or without ar- gument . When the ...
... CAUSES . Whenever a cause is reached , and the plain- tiff in error or appellant fails to appear , and his abstract is not on file , the defendant may have his case dismissed , or may submit it with or without ar- gument . When the ...
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... cause of action arose within the state , and the order of the court recites that it was granted upon reading the complaint in the action and the affidavit which had been filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court , and it ...
... cause of action arose within the state , and the order of the court recites that it was granted upon reading the complaint in the action and the affidavit which had been filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court , and it ...
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... cause had been tried , and was finally decided on the seventh day of May , 1883 , and the findings of fact and conclusions of law were filed on that day , and judg- ment was entered by the clerk on the same and docketed , as aforesaid ...
... cause had been tried , and was finally decided on the seventh day of May , 1883 , and the findings of fact and conclusions of law were filed on that day , and judg- ment was entered by the clerk on the same and docketed , as aforesaid ...
Page 13
... cause shown " must mean the same . No grounds , therefore , are shown for an enlargement of the time in any case , unless they are ade- quate , good , and sufficient in the judgment and discretion of the court , and they both mean good ...
... cause shown " must mean the same . No grounds , therefore , are shown for an enlargement of the time in any case , unless they are ade- quate , good , and sufficient in the judgment and discretion of the court , and they both mean good ...
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Page 69 - I believe quite correctly, that "the rule of law is laid down with perfect correctness in the case of Butterfield v. Forrester, that, although there may have been negligence on the part of the plaintiff, yet unless he might, by the exercise of ordinary care, have avoided the consequences of the defendant's negligence, he is entitled to recover; if by ordinary care he might have avoided them, he is the author of his own wrong.
Page 223 - ... a question of fact for the jury, and not of law for the court.
Page 36 - Every action must be prosecuted in the name of the real party in interest, except that an executor or administrator, a trustee of an express trust, or a person expressly authorized by statute, may sue without joining with him the person for whose benefit the action is prosecuted. A person with whom or in whose name a contract is made for the benefit of another is a trustee of an express trust within the meaning of this section.
Page 15 - A communication made bona fide upon any subject-matter In which the party communicating has an interest, or in reference to which he has a duty, is privileged if made to a person having a corresponding interest or duty, although it contain criminatory matter, which, without this privilege, would be slanderous and actionable...
Page 654 - The city then interposed a demurrer to the petition on the ground that it did not state a cause of action. The...
Page 34 - Bank," and the defendant contends that the action should have been brought in the name of the person who was then cashier, and will not lie in the name of the corporation.
Page 579 - In testimony whereof, I, Andrew Jackson, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, have caused these Letters to be made Patent, and the seal of the General Land Office to be hereunto affixed.
Page 74 - It is assumed that twelve men know more of the common affairs of life than does one man; that they can draw wiser and safer conclusions from admitted facts thus occurring than can a single judge.
Page 559 - States or given aid and comfort to its enemies, and that such application is made for his or her exclusive use and benefit, and that said entry is made for the purpose of actual settlement and cultivation, and not either directly or indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person...
Page 572 - And section 3 of said act provides that if any person shall unlawfully kill another without malice, either upon a sudden quarrel or unintentionally, while the slayer is in the commission of some unlawful act...