Albany Law Journal, Volume 20Weed, Parsons & Company, 1879 - Law |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 88
Page 3
... recover compensation for the taking of the premises , but that the measure of damage was the difference in value of the use of the premises without the railroad track and with the railroad track from the date of the trespass to the ...
... recover compensation for the taking of the premises , but that the measure of damage was the difference in value of the use of the premises without the railroad track and with the railroad track from the date of the trespass to the ...
Page 4
... recover damages for an injury to plain- tiff's premises by reason of the change of grade of a street , and the court held that a photograph of the premises proved to be correct was properly ad- mitted , it being impracticable for the ...
... recover damages for an injury to plain- tiff's premises by reason of the change of grade of a street , and the court held that a photograph of the premises proved to be correct was properly ad- mitted , it being impracticable for the ...
Page 10
... recover under that state of facts the extra cost of the thirty copies , and was not entitled to the proportionate cost which these bore to the whole edition of 130 , copies . Held , also , that these facts did not present a question for ...
... recover under that state of facts the extra cost of the thirty copies , and was not entitled to the proportionate cost which these bore to the whole edition of 130 , copies . Held , also , that these facts did not present a question for ...
Page 12
... recover for the extra cost of the thirty copies , and as these copies were never received by the defendant , or tendered by the plain- tiff , or , if such tender were ever made , it was accom- panied by a demand for the proportionate ...
... recover for the extra cost of the thirty copies , and as these copies were never received by the defendant , or tendered by the plain- tiff , or , if such tender were ever made , it was accom- panied by a demand for the proportionate ...
Page 15
... 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 , 115. Not so when the ac- tion is 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 , 115. Not so when the ac- tion is to ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
action affirmed Albany Law Journal alleged amount appear applied authority bank bill cause charge cited civil claim colonial common carrier common law Constitution contract contributory negligence corporation counsel Court of Appeals court of equity creditor criminal damages debt decided decision defendant defendant's delivered doctrine duty English entitled equity evidence execution fact feme covert fendant fraud ground held indictment indorser injury interest judge judgment judicial jurisdiction jurors jury L. T. Rep land lawyer legislation liable lien Lord mandamus marriage Massachusetts matter ment mortgage negligence notice opinion owner paid parties payment person plaintiff plaintiff in error promissory note purchase question railroad reason recover rule security for costs statute statute of frauds Supreme Court tion trial trial by jury usury verdict wife York
Popular passages
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...