Weekly Notes of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the County Courts of Philadelphia, and the United States District and Circuit Courts for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Volume 24Kay & Brother, 1889 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... assignment of error . ) The plaintiff requested the Court to charge , inter alia , as follows : - ( Fourth assignment ( 3 ) If the widow consented to such sale under the representation of the executor or any one else that such sale was ...
... assignment of error . ) The plaintiff requested the Court to charge , inter alia , as follows : - ( Fourth assignment ( 3 ) If the widow consented to such sale under the representation of the executor or any one else that such sale was ...
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... assignment of error . ) The plaintiffs offered to show where they sold the stone which they quarried on the property , and how they shipped their product to market . Objected to as irrelevant . Objection overruled . Evidence admitted ...
... assignment of error . ) The plaintiffs offered to show where they sold the stone which they quarried on the property , and how they shipped their product to market . Objected to as irrelevant . Objection overruled . Evidence admitted ...
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... assignment of error . ) You are to take their testimony , examine it , and Walter W. Balthaser had , upon the previous weigh it . You have been upon the premises , and trial , made up his estimate of the difference in mar - you ...
... assignment of error . ) You are to take their testimony , examine it , and Walter W. Balthaser had , upon the previous weigh it . You have been upon the premises , and trial , made up his estimate of the difference in mar - you ...
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... assignment raises a very different ligent supervision on the part of the operator , and question . When the quarry was opened originally vigilance and success in the financial manage- it would seem that the canal was the only avail ...
... assignment raises a very different ligent supervision on the part of the operator , and question . When the quarry was opened originally vigilance and success in the financial manage- it would seem that the canal was the only avail ...
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... assignment relates to the direction to the jury to allow interest . This was technical error . The lapse of time ... assignments of error ) , but offered to hear at bar any testimony in support of the petition . Defendant then moved to ...
... assignment relates to the direction to the jury to allow interest . This was technical error . The lapse of time ... assignments of error ) , but offered to hear at bar any testimony in support of the petition . Defendant then moved to ...
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Page 58 - Every such action shall be brought by and In the names of the personal representatives of such deceased person, and the amount recovered In every such action shall be for the exclusive benefit of the widow and next of kin of such deceased person...
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Page 24 - ... our Heirs, Executors, and Administrators, and every of them, firmly by these Presents.
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