Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, Volume 19M. Curlander, 1902 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... contract , in privity with him , and therefore entitled to deal with the contract as if it were originally his own . We are , therefore , of opinion that he was entitled to the benefit of all the pay- ments made by his predecessors in ...
... contract , in privity with him , and therefore entitled to deal with the contract as if it were originally his own . We are , therefore , of opinion that he was entitled to the benefit of all the pay- ments made by his predecessors in ...
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... contract of marriage , and with similar and analogous incidents ; that , by the discharge of the lunatic in this case from the military service on the ground of his insanity , his status as a soldier ceased , and he was not thereafter ...
... contract of marriage , and with similar and analogous incidents ; that , by the discharge of the lunatic in this case from the military service on the ground of his insanity , his status as a soldier ceased , and he was not thereafter ...
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... contracts , or even of the laws relative to status . The purpose of the act was the dictate of humanity to provide for the helpless and the afflicted . It is the well - established rule of every intelligent system of law , that it is ...
... contracts , or even of the laws relative to status . The purpose of the act was the dictate of humanity to provide for the helpless and the afflicted . It is the well - established rule of every intelligent system of law , that it is ...
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... contracts , which it was not within the power of Con- gress to delegate . 3. Quære , whether , under section 15 of the act of the late legislative assembly of this District of August 23 , 1871 , prohibiting the sale of real or personal ...
... contracts , which it was not within the power of Con- gress to delegate . 3. Quære , whether , under section 15 of the act of the late legislative assembly of this District of August 23 , 1871 , prohibiting the sale of real or personal ...
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... is still the holder of the said second mortgage note , and as such is entitled to the surplus pro- ceeds of said sale , and she denies the right of the said trus- D. C. ] Statement of Case . tees to contract SMITH v . OLCOTT.
... is still the holder of the said second mortgage note , and as such is entitled to the surplus pro- ceeds of said sale , and she denies the right of the said trus- D. C. ] Statement of Case . tees to contract SMITH v . OLCOTT.
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Page 330 - The power of the General Government over these remnants of a race once powerful, now weak and diminished in numbers, is necessary to their protection, as well as to the safety of those among whom they dwell.
Page 309 - ... act may be prosecuted and punished in the same manner and with the same effect as if this act had not been passed.
Page 435 - The reason and philosophy of the rule is, that when the mind of the legislator has been turned to the details of a subject and he has acted upon it, a subsequent statute in general terms or treating the subject...
Page 74 - It is a cardinal principle of our system of government that local affairs shall be managed by local authorities, and general affairs by the central authority, and hence, while the rule Is also fundamental that the power to make laws cannot be delegated, the creation of municipalities exercising local selfgovernment has never been held to trench upon that rule. Such legislation is not regarded as a transfer of general legislative power, but rather as...
Page 496 - It is emphatically the will of the person who makes it, and is defined to be ' the legal declaration of a man's intentions which he wills to be performed after his death.
Page 501 - That every will shall be construed, with reference to the real estate and personal estate comprised in it, to speak and take effect as if it had been executed immediately before the death of the testator, unless a contrary intention shall appear by the will.
Page 436 - Any final judgment or decree of the said Court of Appeals may be reexamined and affirmed, reversed or modified, by the Supreme Court of the United States, upon writ of error or appeal, in all cases in which the matter in dispute, exclusive of costs, shall exceed the sum of five thousand dollars...
Page 470 - In the Interpretation of all statutes levying taxes or duties upon subjects or citizens, not to extend their provisions, by implication, beyond the clear import of the language used, or to enlarge their operation so as to embrace matters not specifically pointed out, although standing upon a close analogy.
Page 71 - Every act shall embrace but one subject and matters properly connected therewith ; which subject shall be expressed in the title. But if any subject shall be embraced in an act, which shall not be expressed in the title, such act shall be void only as to so much thereof as shall not be expressed in the title.
Page 447 - I mean quasi easements), or, in other words, all those easements which are necessary to the reasonable enjoyment of the property granted, and which have been and are at the time of the grant used by the owners of the entirety for the benefit of the part granted.