Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Alabama: 1827/1828, Volume 1D. Ferguson, printer, 1830 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... evidence an answer in Chancery , and read a part of it , consenting that the whole may be read for the plaintiff's benefit , plaintiff's counsel , in the concluding argument , may read to the jury the residue of the answer and exhibits ...
... evidence an answer in Chancery , and read a part of it , consenting that the whole may be read for the plaintiff's benefit , plaintiff's counsel , in the concluding argument , may read to the jury the residue of the answer and exhibits ...
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... evidence objected to , the rejection of evidence offered , and all the proceedings had before him touching the com- plaint . It seems clear that no more of the evidence is re- quired to be recorded than such as was objected to , and ...
... evidence objected to , the rejection of evidence offered , and all the proceedings had before him touching the com- plaint . It seems clear that no more of the evidence is re- quired to be recorded than such as was objected to , and ...
Page 41
... evidence , the defendant by his coun- sel moved the Court to instruct the jury . 1. That the circumstance of the warrant having been read by the justice to the defendant before it was execu- ted , was not legal evidence to charge him ...
... evidence , the defendant by his coun- sel moved the Court to instruct the jury . 1. That the circumstance of the warrant having been read by the justice to the defendant before it was execu- ted , was not legal evidence to charge him ...
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... evidence went to prove that a paper was delivered to defendant , he might prove its loss by bis cwn oath . BROOKS recovered a judgement before a justice of the peace , against Bass for $ 40 , and he brought the case to the Circuit Court ...
... evidence went to prove that a paper was delivered to defendant , he might prove its loss by bis cwn oath . BROOKS recovered a judgement before a justice of the peace , against Bass for $ 40 , and he brought the case to the Circuit Court ...
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... evidence aliunde , shew that it did once exist , and this evidence must so describe it as to put its identity beyond a doubt , and then the oath of the party can be received to prove its loss , and the testimony of disinterested ...
... evidence aliunde , shew that it did once exist , and this evidence must so describe it as to put its identity beyond a doubt , and then the oath of the party can be received to prove its loss , and the testimony of disinterested ...
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