The Southeastern Reporter, Volume 11West Publishing Company, 1890 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... question as to wheth- er the court erred in overruling the demur- rer filed by the defendant in this case , it is only necessary to call attention to the fact that the demurrer was general ; and counsel for the defendant do not insist ...
... question as to wheth- er the court erred in overruling the demur- rer filed by the defendant in this case , it is only necessary to call attention to the fact that the demurrer was general ; and counsel for the defendant do not insist ...
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... question of jurisdiction was decided against the appellant for that reason , and not because personal property alone was involved in the suit ; although Judge GREEN , in delivering the opinion of the court in the case of Hutton v ...
... question of jurisdiction was decided against the appellant for that reason , and not because personal property alone was involved in the suit ; although Judge GREEN , in delivering the opinion of the court in the case of Hutton v ...
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... question must be submitted to all its people ; if to affect those of a dis- trict only , it must be submitted to them . They are all people of the county , in a sense , -in the sense contemplated in the section . The major includes the ...
... question must be submitted to all its people ; if to affect those of a dis- trict only , it must be submitted to them . They are all people of the county , in a sense , -in the sense contemplated in the section . The major includes the ...
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... question at rest in the fol- lowing unequivocal and emphatic manner . " Question 61. Did you have dower in your own land ? Answer . I didn't think I had , but you said I had under the new consti- tution of West Virginia . Q. 62. Did you ...
... question at rest in the fol- lowing unequivocal and emphatic manner . " Question 61. Did you have dower in your own land ? Answer . I didn't think I had , but you said I had under the new consti- tution of West Virginia . Q. 62. Did you ...
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... Question . Please state if you have had any conversation with S. G. Penny- backer in relation to her sale and convey- ance of the land in controversy to John B. Laidley . If so , state when , where , and what it was , and what were the ...
... Question . Please state if you have had any conversation with S. G. Penny- backer in relation to her sale and convey- ance of the land in controversy to John B. Laidley . If so , state when , where , and what it was , and what were the ...
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Page 36 - The general assembly may vest the corporate authorities of cities, towns and villages with power to make local improvements by special assessment or by special taxation of contiguous property, or otherwise.
Page 164 - Constitution gives the citizens of each state all the privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states...
Page 38 - Will in solemn form of law, shall continue to possess the same rights and privileges, and be subject to the same liabilities with respect to costs, as heretofore...
Page 270 - ... liable for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery, or for non-delivery of any unrepeated message, whether happening by negligence of its servants or otherwise, beyond the amount received for sending the same...
Page 314 - The court may change the place of trial in the following cases : 1. When the county designated for that purpose in the complaint is not the proper county: 2. When there is reason to believe that an impartial trial cannot be had therein: 3. When the convenience of witnesses and the ends of justice would be promoted by the change.
Page 62 - ... agreement in writing, whereby the contracting party sufficiently indicates an intention to make some particular property, real or personal, or fund, therein described or identified, a security for a debt or other obligation, or whereby the party promises to convey or assign or transfer the property as security, creates an equitable lien upon the property so indicated, which is enforceable against the property in the hands, not only of the original contractor, but of his heirs, administrators,...
Page 270 - It is agreed between the sender of the following message and this company that said company shall not be liable for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery or non-delivery of any unrepeated message, whether happening by negligence of its servants or otherwise, beyond the amount received for sending the same...
Page 257 - ... from a judgment, order or other proceeding, taken against him through his mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect...
Page 3 - The proximate cause of an event must be understood to be that which, in a natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any new cause, produces that event, and without which that event would not have occurred.
Page 314 - If the county designated for that purpose in the complaint, be not the proper county, the action may, notwithstanding, be tried therein, unless the defendant, before the time for answering expire, demand in writing, that the trial be had in the proper county...