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Page 859 - On this day of . 19 — , before me personally appeared , to me known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that he executed the same as his free act and deed.
Page 793 - It must dwell in the place of its creation, and cannot migrate to another sovereignty. But although it must live and have its being in that State only, yet it does not by any means follow that its existence there will not be recognized in other places; and its residence in one State creates no insuperable objection to its power of contracting in another.
Page 858 - I, , as trustee in bankruptcy of , party of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of dollars, lawful money of the United States, to me in hand paid, at or before the ensealing and delivery of these presents...
Page 717 - Bailment is a delivery of a thing in trust for some special object or purpose, and upon a contract, express or implied, to conform to the object or purpose of the trust.
Page 704 - ... the property to sale, and the application of the proceeds to the payment of the amount due them.
Page 711 - It is well settled that any person has an insurable interest in property, by the existence of which he will gain an advantage, or by the destruction of which he will suffer a loss, whether he has or has not any title in, or lien upon, or possession of the property".
Page 678 - ... HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY GIFT OF JAMES STURGIS PRAY Charles Eliot Professor of Landscape Architecture To be kept in the main collection of the College Library James Sturgis Pray, Cambridge, Mass.
Page 861 - And do hereby constitute and appoint , true and lawful attorney, irrevocably, for and in name and stead, but to use, to sell, assign, transfer and make over all or any part of the said stock, and for that purpose to make and execute all necessary acts of assignment and transfer thereof, and to substitute one or more persons with like full power, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney or substitute or substitutes shall lawfully do by •virtue hereof.
Page 860 - In witness whereof, the said company has caused its corporate seal to be affixed, hereto, and this certificate to be signed by its president and treasurer.
Page 844 - ... When men once associate themselves with others as organized bands, professing certain religious views, or holding themselves out as having certain ethical and social objects, and subject themselves to a common discipline, they have voluntarily submitted themselves to the disciplinary power of the body of which they are members, and it is for that society to know its own.