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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... question in this case is , can a witness who has been summoned at the instance of a person who is a party to more than one suit , at issue in the same Court and at the same time , prove his attendance and be entitled to compensation in ...
... question in this case is , can a witness who has been summoned at the instance of a person who is a party to more than one suit , at issue in the same Court and at the same time , prove his attendance and be entitled to compensation in ...
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... question , the indictment was held not to contain such a charge as would authorize any punishment to be inflicted . It was adjudged ill on the application and for the benefit of the prisoner , and he cannot now say that the judgement ...
... question , the indictment was held not to contain such a charge as would authorize any punishment to be inflicted . It was adjudged ill on the application and for the benefit of the prisoner , and he cannot now say that the judgement ...
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... question as to the legality of the sentence for the determination of this Court . We are of opinion that the statute authorizes the infliction of such punishment where a slave has been tried for a capital offence and found guilty of an ...
... question as to the legality of the sentence for the determination of this Court . We are of opinion that the statute authorizes the infliction of such punishment where a slave has been tried for a capital offence and found guilty of an ...
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... question which does not appear to be well settled , and one in which there appears to have been great contrariety of decisions in the courts of the several States of the Union . this case does not require a decision of this question ...
... question which does not appear to be well settled , and one in which there appears to have been great contrariety of decisions in the courts of the several States of the Union . this case does not require a decision of this question ...
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... question and ten others of the same sum , making an monthis , Bass gave the note in aggregate of $ 550 . Sundry witnesses having been ex- amined to establish these and other facts ; on the exami- nation of Horton , a witness as to the ...
... question and ten others of the same sum , making an monthis , Bass gave the note in aggregate of $ 550 . Sundry witnesses having been ex- amined to establish these and other facts ; on the exami- nation of Horton , a witness as to the ...
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Page 127 - A subsequent decision of a higher court in a different case, giving a different exposition of a point of law from the one declared and known when a settlement between parties takes place, cannot have a retrospective effect, and overturn such settlement.
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