The Northwestern Reporter, Volume 25West Publishing Company, 1886 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 7
... claim of the respondent was disallowed by the board of supervisors , and he appealed from the order of the board disallowing the claim to the circuit court of the county of Waukesha . Before the trial in that court the county filed an ...
... claim of the respondent was disallowed by the board of supervisors , and he appealed from the order of the board disallowing the claim to the circuit court of the county of Waukesha . Before the trial in that court the county filed an ...
Page 48
... claim . Each may enforce his claim un- der the mortgage in a form adapted to the case . ” Jones , Mortg . § 704 , and cases there cited . Numerous cases might be cited in this court where equita- ble mortgages have been enforced by suit ...
... claim . Each may enforce his claim un- der the mortgage in a form adapted to the case . ” Jones , Mortg . § 704 , and cases there cited . Numerous cases might be cited in this court where equita- ble mortgages have been enforced by suit ...
Page 167
... claim . On the third day of September , 1881 , the Air Line and Michigan Central Companies , defendants , filed their cross - bill against complainant and defend- ants Moses A. McNaughton and Mary R. McNaughton , in which substan ...
... claim . On the third day of September , 1881 , the Air Line and Michigan Central Companies , defendants , filed their cross - bill against complainant and defend- ants Moses A. McNaughton and Mary R. McNaughton , in which substan ...
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... claims . " " The defendants claim that this instrument was not intended as an absolute deed , but that it was either a mortgage or a conditional sale ; and in either case is void as to the land of Elizabeth Hursh , for the reason that ...
... claims . " " The defendants claim that this instrument was not intended as an absolute deed , but that it was either a mortgage or a conditional sale ; and in either case is void as to the land of Elizabeth Hursh , for the reason that ...
Page 209
... claim for special dam- ages on the ground that the defendants were injured in their business by rea- son of the failure of the plaintiff to deliver the wire as it had agreed to do . So , really , the amended answer contained no ...
... claim for special dam- ages on the ground that the defendants were injured in their business by rea- son of the failure of the plaintiff to deliver the wire as it had agreed to do . So , really , the amended answer contained no ...
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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...