The Northwestern Reporter, Volume 117West Publishing Company, 1908 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 38
... recover , unless he has shown , by a preponderance of the evi- dence , that said act was excusable by reason of danger , real or apparent , to him - that of falling and receiving injury , if he should re- lease his hold upon the car ...
... recover , unless he has shown , by a preponderance of the evi- dence , that said act was excusable by reason of danger , real or apparent , to him - that of falling and receiving injury , if he should re- lease his hold upon the car ...
Page 41
... recover an interest in the lands after his death . It is then al- leged that said Asher Warner , a few days before his death , and in view of the ap- proach thereof , conveyed all his property , consisting of Nebraska lands , and of the ...
... recover an interest in the lands after his death . It is then al- leged that said Asher Warner , a few days before his death , and in view of the ap- proach thereof , conveyed all his property , consisting of Nebraska lands , and of the ...
Page 46
... recover damages for the death of Edward W. Lindquist , deceased , due as is alleged to defendant's failure to proper- ly construct and guard its machinery . Trial to a jury . Directed verdict for defendant , and plaintiff appeals ...
... recover damages for the death of Edward W. Lindquist , deceased , due as is alleged to defendant's failure to proper- ly construct and guard its machinery . Trial to a jury . Directed verdict for defendant , and plaintiff appeals ...
Page 78
... recover her damages , and Fanny is the real plaintiff , and it is so understood by defendant's counsel . In his brief it is stated : " It is just the same as if the plaintiff ( Fanny ) had brought the action herself . " Section 10,418 ...
... recover her damages , and Fanny is the real plaintiff , and it is so understood by defendant's counsel . In his brief it is stated : " It is just the same as if the plaintiff ( Fanny ) had brought the action herself . " Section 10,418 ...
Page 79
... recover such damages on common- law principles , the only possible valid objec- tion that could have been made was one of variance , viz . , that she had been permitted to recover on a cause of action different from that stated in her ...
... recover such damages on common- law principles , the only possible valid objec- tion that could have been made was one of variance , viz . , that she had been permitted to recover on a cause of action different from that stated in her ...
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Page 373 - ... 1. A cause of action arising out of the contract or transaction set forth in the complaint as the foundation of the plaintiff's claim, or connected with the subject of the action.
Page 386 - Whenever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such as would (if death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof...
Page 313 - All laws of a general nature shall have a uniform operation; the General Assembly shall not grant to any citizen or class of citizens, privileges or immunities, which upon the same terms shall not equally belong to all citizens.
Page 278 - ... must be filled up strictly !n accordance with the authority given, and within a reasonable time. But if any such instrument, after completion, is negotiated to a holder in due course, it is valid and effectual for all purposes in his hands, and he may enforce it as if it had been filled up strictly in accordance with the authority...
Page 269 - Every holder is deemed prima facie to be a holder in due course; but when it is shown that the title Of any person who has negotiated the instrument was defective, the burden is on the holder to prove that he or some person under whom he claims acquired the title as a holder in due course.
Page 138 - All patents granted, or preemption or homesteads allowed, shall be subject to any vested and accrued water rights, or rights to ditches and reservoirs used in connection with such water rights, as may have been acquired under or recognized by the preceding section.
Page 278 - But if any such instrument, after completion, is negotiated to a holder in due course, it is valid and effectual for all purposes in his hands, and he may enforce it as if it had been filled up strictly in accordance with the authority given and within a reasonable time.
Page 386 - ... although the death shall have been caused under such circumstances as amount in law to felony.
Page 432 - If at any time there shall be evidence of any lien or claim for which, if established, the Owner of the said premises might become liable, and which is chargeable to the Contractor, the Owner shall have the right to retain out of any payment then due or thereafter to become due an amount sufficient to completely indemnify him against such lien or claim.
Page 138 - Whenever, by priority of possession, rights to the use of water for mining, agricultural, manufacturing or other purposes, have vested and accrued, and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws and decisions of courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same...