Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature and in the Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors in the State of New-York, Volume 9Banks & Brothers, 1859 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... cause of such abandonment ; but it is begging the question , in this case , to say , that the capture was the just cause of abandonment . By this agreement of the parties , no right to abandon , in case of capture or detention , could ...
... cause of such abandonment ; but it is begging the question , in this case , to say , that the capture was the just cause of abandonment . By this agreement of the parties , no right to abandon , in case of capture or detention , could ...
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... cause of earning freight . The ship , bent on the in- on board of which the goods are laden , is the vehicle of con ... cause than the the to apparent and proximate cause . ( a ) ( a ) Vide Schief felin v . Newo York Ins . Co. infra 21 ...
... cause of earning freight . The ship , bent on the in- on board of which the goods are laden , is the vehicle of con ... cause than the the to apparent and proximate cause . ( a ) ( a ) Vide Schief felin v . Newo York Ins . Co. infra 21 ...
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... cause of loss . In the case of be worth Green v . Elmslie , ( Peake's Cases , 212 , ) on which his lordship of , which was relies , the vessel was not lost , nor even damaged by running deemed ashore , and the only cause of loss was the ...
... cause of loss . In the case of be worth Green v . Elmslie , ( Peake's Cases , 212 , ) on which his lordship of , which was relies , the vessel was not lost , nor even damaged by running deemed ashore , and the only cause of loss was the ...
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... cause of the loss ; 1. As being the proximate and efficient cause which absorbs all inquiry into the previous loss by the stranding of the ship , and , 2. As destroying the power , otherwise existing , of the captain to forward the ...
... cause of the loss ; 1. As being the proximate and efficient cause which absorbs all inquiry into the previous loss by the stranding of the ship , and , 2. As destroying the power , otherwise existing , of the captain to forward the ...
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... cause of that neglect . The late case of Wilson v . The Royal Exchange Assurance Com- pany , ( 2 Campbell's N. P. 623 , ) which was tried before Lord Ellenborough , is a direct authority on this point . That was an insurance upon a ...
... cause of that neglect . The late case of Wilson v . The Royal Exchange Assurance Com- pany , ( 2 Campbell's N. P. 623 , ) which was tried before Lord Ellenborough , is a direct authority on this point . That was an insurance upon a ...
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Page 65 - ... therefore no male person born in this country, or brought from over sea, ought to be holden by law to serve any person as a servant, slave, or apprentice after he arrives to the age of twentyone years, nor female in like manner after she arrives to the age of eighteen years, unless they are bound by their own consent, after they arrive to such age, or bound by law for the payment of debts, damages, fines, costs, or the like.
Page 482 - I will show you how the judges have heretofore allowed of monopoly patents — which is that when any man by his own energy and industry or by his own charge and industry, or by his own wit or invention doth bring any new trade into the realm, or any engine tending to the furtherance of a trade . . that never was used before, and that for the good of the realm...
Page 50 - The question of damages was within the proper and peculiar province of the jury. It rested in their sound discretion, under all the circumstances of the case, and unless the damages are so outrageous as to strike every one with the enormity and injustice of them, and so as to induce the court to believe that the jury must have acted from prejudice, partiality or corruption, we cannot, consistently with the precedents, interfere with the verdict. It is not enough to say that in the opinion of the...
Page 51 - The damages, therefore, must be so excessive as to strike mankind, at first blush, as being beyond all measure, unreasonable and outrageous, and such as manifestly show the jury to have been actuated by passion, partiality, prejudice, or corruption. In short, the damages must be flagrantly outrageous and extravagant, or the court cannot undertake to draw the line, for they have not standards by which to ascertain the excess.
Page 186 - Hamilton in the case of The People v. Croswell, 3 John. Cas. 354, is drawn with the utmost precision. It is a censorious or ridiculing writing, picture, or sign, made with a mischievous and malicious intent towards government, magistrates, or individuals.
Page 475 - That two supreme powers cannot act together is false. They are inconsistent only when they are aimed at each other, or at one indivisible object. The laws of the United States are supreme as to all their proper constitutional objects; the laws of the States are supreme in the same way. These supreme laws may act on different objects without clashing, or they may operate on different parts of the same common object with perfect harmony.
Page 474 - Government may be re-assumed by the people, whensoever it shall become necessary to their happiness ; that every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by the said Constitution clearly delegated to the Congress of the United States, or the departments of the Government thereof, remains to the people of the several States, or to their respective State Governments, to whom they may have granted the same...
Page 51 - ... the law has not laid down what shall be the measure of damages in actions of tort; the measure is vague and uncertain, depending upon a vast variety of causes, facts and circumstances...
Page 480 - the national power will be fully satisfied if the property created by patent be, for the given time, enjoyed and used exclusively, so far as, under the laws of the several States, the property shall be deemed for toleration.
Page 2 - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.