Reports of Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of the State of North Dakota, Volume 9North Dakota. Supreme Court, Hiram A. Libby, Robert Dimon Hoskins, Robert Milligan Carothers, John McDowell Cochrane, Edgar Whittlesey Camp, Edwin James Taylor, Ames Francis Wilbur, Joseph Coghlan Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, 1901 - Court rules |
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Page 66 - The taking, receiving, reserving, or charging a rate of interest greater than is allowed by the preceding section, when knowingly done, shall be deemed a forfeiture of the entire interest which the note, bill, or other evidence of debt carries with it, or which has been agreed to be paid thereon.
Page 697 - Any person may be made a defendant who has or claims an interest in the controversy adverse to the plaintiff, or who is a necessary party to a complete determination or settlement of the question involved therein.
Page 360 - Every person who provides, supplies, or administers to any pregnant woman, or procures any such woman to take any medicine, drug, or substance, or uses or employs any instrument or other means whatever, with intent thereby to procure the miscarriage of such woman, unless the same is necessary to preserve her life, is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison not less than two nor more than five years.
Page 717 - In all other cases, the defendant may be found guilty of any offense the commission of which is necessarily included in that with which he is charged in the indictment
Page 53 - That this species of testimony supposes some better testimony which might be adduced in the particular case is not the sole ground of its exclusion. Its intrinsic weakness, its incompetency to satisfy the mind of the existence of the fact, and the frauds which might be practiced under its cover, combine to support the rule that hearsay evidence is totally inadmissible.
Page 698 - The court may determine any controversy between parties before it, when it can be done without prejudice to the rights of others, or by saving their rights ; but when a complete determination of the controversy cannot be had without the presence of other parties, the court must order them to be brought in.
Page 59 - That no lands acquired under the provisions of this act shall in any event become liable to the satisfaction of any debt or debts contracted prior to the issuing of the patent therefor.
Page 260 - ... 1. A statement, showing that the person making it is the head of a family, and, if the claimant is married, the name of the spouse; or when the declaration is made by the wife, showing that her husband has not made such declaration and that she therefore makes the declaration for their joint benefit; 2. A statement that the person making it is residing on the premises, and claims them as a homestead; 3. A description of the premises; 4. An estimate of their actual cash value; 5.
Page 227 - A form of co-ownership by which each owner holds an undivided interest in real property as if he or she were sole owner.
Page 139 - The proximate cause is the efficient cause, — the one that necessarily sets the other causes in operation. The causes that are merely incidental, or instruments of a superior or controlling agency, are not the proximate causes and the responsible ones, though they may be nearer in time to the result.