The American Law Register, Volume 10D.B. Canfield & Company, 1871 - Law |
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... whole of said proceeds if they do not exceed that amount ) , shall be paid over to the court to be invested in a home for the benefit of the family of the applicant , & c . : Act of October 3d 1868 . By the Act of October 3d 1868 ...
... whole of said proceeds if they do not exceed that amount ) , shall be paid over to the court to be invested in a home for the benefit of the family of the applicant , & c . : Act of October 3d 1868 . By the Act of October 3d 1868 ...
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... whole travelling public ; and we have endeavored to give them that consideration which their great importance has seemed to us to demand . I. Of the carrier's liability . It appears in evidence that the plaintiff was a passenger in the ...
... whole travelling public ; and we have endeavored to give them that consideration which their great importance has seemed to us to demand . I. Of the carrier's liability . It appears in evidence that the plaintiff was a passenger in the ...
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... whole case is this , that " the master is not responsible as a trespasser , unless by direct or implied authority to the servant he consents to the unlawful act . " The fallacy of this argument , when applied to the common carrier of ...
... whole case is this , that " the master is not responsible as a trespasser , unless by direct or implied authority to the servant he consents to the unlawful act . " The fallacy of this argument , when applied to the common carrier of ...
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... whole travelling public , and it is certainly as important that these servants should be trustworthy as it is that they should be competent . It is not sufficient that they are capable of doing well , if in fact they choose to do ill ...
... whole travelling public , and it is certainly as important that these servants should be trustworthy as it is that they should be competent . It is not sufficient that they are capable of doing well , if in fact they choose to do ill ...
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... whole , we cannot doubt that it is best for all concerned that this verdict be allowed to stand . The foregoing case is one of marked interest , on account of the very unusual misconduct and abuse of the plaintiff by the defendants ...
... whole , we cannot doubt that it is best for all concerned that this verdict be allowed to stand . The foregoing case is one of marked interest , on account of the very unusual misconduct and abuse of the plaintiff by the defendants ...
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Page 362 - The court said there must be reasonable evidence of negligence; but where the thing is .shown to be under the management of the defendant or his servants, and the accident is such as, in the ordinary course of things, does not happen if those who have the management use proper care, it affords reasonable evidence, in the absence of explanation by the defendant, that the accident arose from want of care.
Page 396 - But no person shall be arrested in one district for trial in another in any civil action before a circuit or district court; and no civil suit shall be brought before either of said courts against any person by any original process or proceeding in any other district than that whereof he is an inhabitant...
Page 144 - Whatever belongs merely to the remedy may be altered according to the will of the state, provided the alteration does not impair the obligation of the contract. But if that effect is produced, it is immaterial whether it is done by acting on the remedy or directly on the contract itself. In either case it is prohibited by the Constitution.
Page 463 - And the better to accomplish the object of this act, namely, to promote the public interest and welfare by the construction of said railroad and telegraph line, and keeping the same in working order, and to secure to the government at all times (but particularly in time of war) the use and benefits of the same for postal, military and other purposes, Congress may, at any time, having due regard for the rights of said companies named herein, add to, alter, amend, or repeal this act.
Page 301 - One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
Page 386 - The Constitution of the United States provides that the trial of all crimes except in cases of impeachment shall be by jury, and such trial shall be held in the State where said crimes shall have been committed, or when not committed within any State the trial will proceed in such place as Congress may direct (Art.
Page 596 - Can a medical man, conversant with the disease of insanity, who never saw the prisoner previously to the trial, but who was present during the whole trial and the examination of all the witnesses, be asked his opinion as to the state of the prisoner's mind at the time of the commission of the alleged crime ? or his opinion whether the prisoner was conscious at the time of doing the act...
Page 419 - Union, the free inhabitants of each of these States, paupers, vagabonds and fugitives from justice excepted, shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several States; and the people of each State shall have free ingress and egress to and from any other State, and shall enjoy therein all the privileges of trade and commerce, subject to the same duties, impositions and restrictions as the inhabitants thereof respectively...
Page 459 - An act [to amend an act entitled an act] to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes, approved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two," approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
Page 768 - The General Assembly shall not grant to any citizen, or class of citizens, privileges or immunities, which, upon the same terms, shall not equally belong to all citizens.