The Northwestern Reporter, Volume 25West Publishing Company, 1886 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... tion of so exonerating the personal estate or the income thereof , nor of so overburdening the real estate or the income thereof . * * * * We do not think there is anything in the opinion indicating such inten- tion . On the contrary ...
... tion of so exonerating the personal estate or the income thereof , nor of so overburdening the real estate or the income thereof . * * * * We do not think there is anything in the opinion indicating such inten- tion . On the contrary ...
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... tion ; that the $ 125 paid by the defendants to Witt for use and occupation of the lots , pending the appeal in his case to this court , should not have been deducted from the sum paid them by the plaintiff's husband on account of the ...
... tion ; that the $ 125 paid by the defendants to Witt for use and occupation of the lots , pending the appeal in his case to this court , should not have been deducted from the sum paid them by the plaintiff's husband on account of the ...
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... tion above quoted , and , although very general in its terms , was , we think , sufficient , especially in the absence of any demurrer to the same . The plaintiff in error appeared in the justice's court and answered the com- plaint as ...
... tion above quoted , and , although very general in its terms , was , we think , sufficient , especially in the absence of any demurrer to the same . The plaintiff in error appeared in the justice's court and answered the com- plaint as ...
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... tion was intended merely as security for an indebtedness of the corporation to its stockholders ; that it was not the intention that the land should become the property of the stockholders , but that it should remain the property of the ...
... tion was intended merely as security for an indebtedness of the corporation to its stockholders ; that it was not the intention that the land should become the property of the stockholders , but that it should remain the property of the ...
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... tion of the court as to the real purpose of the parties , which is the principal question in dispute . The trial court , proceeding from the assumed fact of an existing indebted- ness , came to the conclusion , from the terms of the ...
... tion of the court as to the real purpose of the parties , which is the principal question in dispute . The trial court , proceeding from the assumed fact of an existing indebted- ness , came to the conclusion , from the terms of the ...
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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...