The New York Supplement, Volume 87West Publishing Company, 1904 - Law reports, digests, etc "Cases argued and determined in the Court of Appeals, Supreme and lower courts of record of New York State, with key number annotations." (varies) |
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... statute gives it , and no more . Therefore , unless there be some statutory provision by which a nonresident alien can obtain letters for himself or another upon a petition filed by him for that purpose , there was no authority in the ...
... statute gives it , and no more . Therefore , unless there be some statutory provision by which a nonresident alien can obtain letters for himself or another upon a petition filed by him for that purpose , there was no authority in the ...
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... STATUTE - RETROACTIVE OPERATION . Laws 1903 , p . 1396 , c . 610 , provides that " in any town in which a high- way has been or hereafter shall be repaired , graded and macadamized from curb to curb , by the authorities , " in ...
... STATUTE - RETROACTIVE OPERATION . Laws 1903 , p . 1396 , c . 610 , provides that " in any town in which a high- way has been or hereafter shall be repaired , graded and macadamized from curb to curb , by the authorities , " in ...
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... statute in question is not intended by its terms to be retroac- tive , and should not be construed to permit a recovery of damages . in the case presented by the petitioner , where she seeks to be recom- pensed for her injuries for ...
... statute in question is not intended by its terms to be retroac- tive , and should not be construed to permit a recovery of damages . in the case presented by the petitioner , where she seeks to be recom- pensed for her injuries for ...
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... statute was not meant to operate retrospectively , ' and that a ' statute ought never to receive such a construction if it be susceptible of any other . ' In Jackson v . Van Zandt , Thompson , C. J. , says : ' It is a first principle in ...
... statute was not meant to operate retrospectively , ' and that a ' statute ought never to receive such a construction if it be susceptible of any other . ' In Jackson v . Van Zandt , Thompson , C. J. , says : ' It is a first principle in ...
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... statute been to cause it to be retroactive , the in- sertion of the word " such , " as modifying " change of grade , " in the final phrase of the sentence , would easily have accomplished the pur- pose . The section would then have ...
... statute been to cause it to be retroactive , the in- sertion of the word " such , " as modifying " change of grade , " in the final phrase of the sentence , would easily have accomplished the pur- pose . The section would then have ...
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Page 717 - 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 ; 2.
Page 147 - It is a familiar canon of construction that a thing which is within the intention of the makers of a statute is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter; and a thing which is within the letter of the statute is not within the statute unless it be within the intention of the makers.
Page 79 - That all levies, judgments, attachments, or other liens, obtained through legal proceedings, against a person who is insolvent, at any time within four months prior to the filing of a petition in bankruptcy against him, shall be deemed null and void in case he is adjudged a bankrupt...
Page 469 - ... to the effect that they are bound in the amount mentioned in the order of arrest, that the defendant shall at all times render himself amenable to the process of the court during the pendency of the action, and to such as may be issued to enforce the judgment therein...
Page 782 - ... nor shall any lottery or the sale of lottery tickets, pool-selling, book-making, or any other kind of gambling hereafter be authorized or allowed within this state; and the legislature shall pass appropriate laws to prevent offenses against any of the provisions of this section.
Page 362 - A conviction cannot be had upon the testimony of an accomplice, unless he be corroborated by such other evidence as tends to connect the defendant with the commission of the crime...
Page 552 - In the following cases every agreement shall be void unless such agreement, or some note or memorandum thereof, be in writing, and subscribed by the party to be charged therewith : First — Every agreement that by its terms is not to be performed within one year from the making thereof.
Page 270 - ... from the beginning of the world to the day of the date of these presents.
Page 284 - Payments by counties, cities, towns and villages to charitable, eleemosynary, correctional and reformatory institutions, wholly or partly under private control, for care, support and maintenance, may be authorized, but shall not be required by the legislature. No such payments shall be made for any inmate of such institutions who is not received and retained therein pursuant to rules established by the state board of charities.
Page 10 - If a bankrupt shall have given a preference within four months before the filing of a petition, or after the filing of the petition and before the adjudication, and the person receiving it, or to be benefited thereby, or his agent acting therein, shall have had reasonable cause to believe that it was intended thereby to give a preference, it shall be voidable by the trustee, and he may recover the property or its value from such person.