The American Reports: Containing All Decisions of General Interest Decided in the Courts of Last Resort of the Several States with Notes and References, Volume 51Bancroft-Whitney, 1885 - Law reports, digests, etc |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 85
Page 3
... held , that a written agreement to give A. the refusal of the lease of a farm , at a stipulated rent , with no agree- ment on the part of A. to take it , and no other consideration , is void . Burnet v . Bisco , 4 Johns . 235 . So a ...
... held , that a written agreement to give A. the refusal of the lease of a farm , at a stipulated rent , with no agree- ment on the part of A. to take it , and no other consideration , is void . Burnet v . Bisco , 4 Johns . 235 . So a ...
Page 6
... held that a bank clerk , for whose salary no provision had been made by corporate action , was allowed to re- cover a salary on a quantum meruit . Waller v . Kentucky Bank , 3 J. J. Marsh . 206 . And on the other hand , a bank president ...
... held that a bank clerk , for whose salary no provision had been made by corporate action , was allowed to re- cover a salary on a quantum meruit . Waller v . Kentucky Bank , 3 J. J. Marsh . 206 . And on the other hand , a bank president ...
Page 28
... held that although he had not been authorized by the gov- ernment to establish his domicile in France , a domicile was not necessary to make the communauté applicable , which is presumed to have been the intention of the parties when ...
... held that although he had not been authorized by the gov- ernment to establish his domicile in France , a domicile was not necessary to make the communauté applicable , which is presumed to have been the intention of the parties when ...
Page 29
... held that Morand was a foreigner and so were his wife and daughter , and therefore the laws of France did not govern the succession . The effect of a French marriage , followed by a conjugal domicile in France , was in nowise involved ...
... held that Morand was a foreigner and so were his wife and daughter , and therefore the laws of France did not govern the succession . The effect of a French marriage , followed by a conjugal domicile in France , was in nowise involved ...
Page 33
... held that the plaintiffs were entitled to recover from the defendants the money paid , be- cause the latter did not disclose what they had learned of B.'s insolvency , and purposely took advantage of the plaintiffs ' ignorance of that ...
... held that the plaintiffs were entitled to recover from the defendants the money paid , be- cause the latter did not disclose what they had learned of B.'s insolvency , and purposely took advantage of the plaintiffs ' ignorance of that ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
action agent agreement alleged Anderson 5 Mont appellant appellee applied authority Bank bill bill of lading carrier cause cent charge choses in action circumstances cited claim common carrier common law complainant consignee Constitution contract corporation court court of equity creditors damages debt debtor decision declared deed defendant defendant's delivery denied doctrine domicile duty entitled equity error evidence execution fact fraud freight held horse husband injury intent judge Judgment affirmed jury land larceny laws of France legislature liable mandamus marriage Mass ment mortgage negligence nuisance Ohio St opinion owner paid Parchen parties payment Penn person plaintiff plaintiff in error possession principle profits purchaser purpose question railroad company reason refused remedy rule says sold statute statute of frauds sustained testimony thereof tion trial wife witness
Popular passages
Page 434 - Where two parties have made a contract which one of them has broken, the damages which the other party ought to receive in respect of such breach of contract should be such as may fairly and reasonably be considered either arising naturally, ie, according to the usual course of things, from such breach of contract itself, or such as may reasonably be supposed to have been in the contemplation of both parties, at the time they made the contract, as the probable result of the breach of it.
Page 811 - Duress, in its more extended sense, means that degree of constraint or danger, either actually inflicted or threatened and impending, which is sufficient, in severity or in apprehension, to overcome the mind and will of a person of ordinary firmness.* Opinion of the court.
Page 785 - The writ of mandamus may be denominated the writ of mandate.— 1873-345. 1085. It may be issued by any court, except a justice's or police court, to any inferior tribunal, corporation, board, or person, to compel the performance of an act which the law specially enjoins, as a duty resulting from an office, trust, or station...
Page 694 - The State of California is an inseparable part of the American Union, and the Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land.
Page 276 - It may be defined to be a transfer of the absolute or general property In a thing for a price in money.
Page 146 - ... or any other officer of the state, except legislative and judicial, elective or appointed, and to appoint a successor for the remainder of their respective unexpired term of office, and report the causes of such removal to the legislature, at its next session.
Page 696 - To declare what shall be a nuisance, and to abate the same ; and to impose fines upon parties who may create, continue or suffer nuisances to exist Seventy-sixth — To appoint a board of health, and prescribe its powers and duties.
Page 722 - Now, if the special circumstances under which the contract was actually made were communicated by the plaintiffs to the defendants, and thus known to both parties, the damages resulting from the breach of such a contract, which they would reasonably contemplate, would be the amount of injury which would ordinarily follow from a breach of contract under these special circumstances, so known and communicated.
Page 800 - Laws shall be passed, taxing by a uniform rule, all moneys, credits, investments in bonds, stocks, joint stock companies, or otherwise; and also all real and personal property, according to its true value in money...
Page 800 - It shall be the duty of the Legislature to provide for the organization of cities and incorporated villages, and to restrict their power of taxation, assessment, borrowing money, contracting debts, and loaning their credit, so as to prevent abuses in assessments and in contracting debt by such municipal corporations...