The New York Supplement, Volume 156West Publishing Company, 1916 - Law reports, digests, etc "Cases argued and determined in the Court of Appeals, Supreme and lower courts of record of New York State, with key number annotations." (varies) |
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... construction of the new law dispensing with security by guardians may prove , not only to the infants concerned , which is our first consideration , but to the taxpayers of this county , on whom the expense of any adequate execution of ...
... construction of the new law dispensing with security by guardians may prove , not only to the infants concerned , which is our first consideration , but to the taxpayers of this county , on whom the expense of any adequate execution of ...
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... construction contended for by the plaintiff , I think none of the decisions actually sustains that contention . The language of the statute seems plain , and gives to the corespond- ent , as I think , an absolute right to make her ...
... construction contended for by the plaintiff , I think none of the decisions actually sustains that contention . The language of the statute seems plain , and gives to the corespond- ent , as I think , an absolute right to make her ...
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... construction which would exclude all but the immediate children of the first taker , in favor of the other branches of the family . The reasonable construction in such cases is that the gift over was intended to take effect only on the ...
... construction which would exclude all but the immediate children of the first taker , in favor of the other branches of the family . The reasonable construction in such cases is that the gift over was intended to take effect only on the ...
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... one granddaughter having six children and one share to a grand- daughter having no children , and such a construction would seem to defeat what is to me the controlling intention as expressed 36 ( Sup . Ct . 156 NEW YORK SUPPLEMENT.
... one granddaughter having six children and one share to a grand- daughter having no children , and such a construction would seem to defeat what is to me the controlling intention as expressed 36 ( Sup . Ct . 156 NEW YORK SUPPLEMENT.
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... construction of the will an intention to confine this distribution per stirpes rather than per capita has gone beyond any reported case , but after examination of a great many wills I am clearly of the opinion that to give to the word ...
... construction of the will an intention to confine this distribution per stirpes rather than per capita has gone beyond any reported case , but after examination of a great many wills I am clearly of the opinion that to give to the word ...
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Page 130 - It is not enough that there is a remedy at law ; it must be plain and adequate, or in other words, as practical and as efficient to the ends of justice and its prompt administration, as the remedy in equity.
Page 171 - The trial by jury in all cases in which it has been heretofore used shall remain inviolate forever; but a jury trial may be waived by the parties in all civil cases in the manner to be prescribed by law.
Page 95 - States shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges of inns, public conveyances on land or water, theaters, and other places of public amusement; subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law, and applicable alike to citizens of every race and color, regardless of any previous condition of servitude.
Page 436 - Absence or failure of consideration is matter of defense as against any person not a holder in due course; and partial failure of consideration is a defense pro tanto, whether the failure is an ascertained and liquidated amount or otherwise.
Page 659 - The court may, before, or after judgment, in furtherance of justice, and on such terms as may be proper, amend any pleading, process, or proceeding, by adding or striking out the name of any party, or by correcting a mistake in the name of a party, or a mistake in any other respect...
Page 597 - Where there is an available market for the goods in question, the measure of damages is, in the absence of special circumstances, showing proximate damage of a greater amount, the difference between the contract price and the market or current price at the time or times when the goods ought to have been accepted. or, if no time was fixed for acceptance, then at the time of the refusal to accept.
Page 715 - An action to annul a marriage on the ground that one of the parties thereto was an idiot may be maintained at any time during the life-time of either party by any relative of the idiot, who has an interest to avoid the marriage.
Page 414 - In the absence of express or implied agreement of the parties, acceptance of the goods by the buyer shall not discharge the seller from liability in damages or other legal remedy for breach of any promise or warranty in the contract to sell or the sale. But, if, after acceptance of the goods, the buyer...
Page 147 - ... to provide that the right of such compensation, and the remedy therefor shall be exclusive of all other rights and remedies for injuries to employees or for death resulting from such injuries...
Page 33 - July 2, 1887, leaving a last will and testament which was duly admitted to probate.