Albany Law Journal, Volume 20Weed, Parsons & Company, 1879 - Law |
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... ground that here there was no lease and conse- quent right of the mortgagee to enter and enjoy the premises . Order affirmed . Cornell v . Woodruff . Opin- ion by Rapallo , J. [ Decided May 20 , 1879. ] MECHANICS ' LIEN - ACTION COSTS ...
... ground that here there was no lease and conse- quent right of the mortgagee to enter and enjoy the premises . Order affirmed . Cornell v . Woodruff . Opin- ion by Rapallo , J. [ Decided May 20 , 1879. ] MECHANICS ' LIEN - ACTION COSTS ...
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... ground that it was an action only to recover a pay- ment on the ground that the vendor was not ready to perform . In such an action it is enough to show a breach by the party who has received the money . Lawrence v . Taylor , 5 Hill ...
... ground that it was an action only to recover a pay- ment on the ground that the vendor was not ready to perform . In such an action it is enough to show a breach by the party who has received the money . Lawrence v . Taylor , 5 Hill ...
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... ground that by the law of New York a devise is valid only in favor of natural per- sons and corporations established by the laws of that State . National Pemberton Bank v . Porter , p . 333 . A na- tional bank purchasing a note from the ...
... ground that by the law of New York a devise is valid only in favor of natural per- sons and corporations established by the laws of that State . National Pemberton Bank v . Porter , p . 333 . A na- tional bank purchasing a note from the ...
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... ground discussed by him as material to the result . He selected his own field of battle , and whether he won or lost , the issue was fought out on that ground , and his opponent could not escape from that battle - field till one or the ...
... ground discussed by him as material to the result . He selected his own field of battle , and whether he won or lost , the issue was fought out on that ground , and his opponent could not escape from that battle - field till one or the ...
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... ground that the plaintiff had been negligent in so drawing the check as to allow the alterations to be made without discov- ery . It is not too strong an expression to say that this decision has been doubted and shaken as an authority ...
... ground that the plaintiff had been negligent in so drawing the check as to allow the alterations to be made without discov- ery . It is not too strong an expression to say that this decision has been doubted and shaken as an authority ...
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Page 71 - ... to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that at the time of the committing of the act the party accused was laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.
Page 86 - It is obviously impracticable, in the federal government of these States, to secure all rights of independent sovereignty to each, and yet provide for the interest and safety of all.
Page 262 - Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, Thy head, thy sovereign; one that cares for thee, And for thy maintenance commits his body To painful labour both by sea and land...
Page 172 - No corporation shall issue stock or bonds, except for money paid, labor done or property actually received, and all fictitious increase of stock, or indebtedness shall be void.
Page 252 - That law, as re-enacted, after declaring that all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall have the same right in every State and Territory to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, give evidence, and to the full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of persons and property as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains, penalties, taxes, licenses and exactions of every kind, and none other, any law, statute, ordinance,...
Page 326 - For there are in nature certain fountains of justice, whence all civil laws are derived but as streams; and like as waters do take tinctures and tastes from the soils through which they run, so do civil laws vary according to the regions and governments where they are planted, though they proceed from the same fountains.
Page 172 - Each stockholder of a corporation, or joint-stock association, shall be individually and personally liable for such proportion of all its debts and liabilities contracted or incurred, during the time he was a stockholder, as the amount of stock or shares owned by him bears to the whole of the subscribed capital stock, or shares of the corporation or association.
Page 332 - Hope, supra, that in determining what is proximate cause, the true rule is that the injury must be the natural and probable consequence of the negligence — such a consequence as, under the surrounding circumstances of the case, might and ought to have been foreseen by the wrongdoer as likely to flow from his act.
Page 175 - Its object shall be to advance the science of jurisprudence, promote the administration of justice and uniformity of legislation throughout the Union, uphold the honor of the profession of the law, and encourage cordial intercourse among the members of the American Bar.
Page 260 - If a person entitled to bring an action die before the expiration of the time limited for the commencement thereof, and the cause of action...