Reports of the Decisions of the Court of Appeals of the State of New York: Not Heretofore Reported Under Official Sanction, Arranged Alphabetically, with Notes, and References to Subsequent Decisions and Legislation, Volume 2Diossy, 1883 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 136 - 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...
Page 26 - An action does not abate by the death, marriage or other disability of a party, or by the transfer of any interest therein, if the cause of action survive or continue.
Page 288 - ... two or more sureties, to the effect that during the possession of such property by the appellant, he will not commit, or...
Page 385 - ... the amount directed to be paid by the judgment, or the part of such amount as to which the judgment shall be affirmed...
Page 367 - An infant is not sui juris. He belongs to another, to whom discretion in the care of his person is exclusively confided. That person is keeper and agent for this purpose; and in respect to third persons, his act must be deemed that of the infant; his neglect, the infant's neglect.
Page 154 - Every contract for the leasing for*a longer period than one year, or for the sale of any lands, or any interest in lands, shall be void, unless the contract, or some note or memorandum thereof, expressing the consideration, be in writing, and be subscribed by the party by whom the lease or sale is made.
Page 117 - If all the defendants have been served, judgment may be taken against any or either of them severally, when the plaintiff would be entitled to judgment against such defendant or defendants if the action had been against them or any of them alone.
Page 225 - ... formed or expressed an opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the prisoner at the bar.
Page 309 - No person having a husband, wife, child or parent, shall, by his or her last will and testament, devise or bequeath to any benevolent, charitable, literary, scientific, religious or missionary society, association or corporation, in trust or otherwise, more than one-half part of his or her estate, after the payment of his or her debts, and such devise or bequest shall be valid to the extent of one-half, and no more.
Page 294 - In equity, an order given by a debtor to his creditor upon a third person, having funds of the debtor to pay the creditor out of such funds, is a binding equitable assignment of so much of the fund.