Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Superior Court of the City of New York, Volume 8W.C. Little & Company, 1855 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... bill of exceptions ordered to be heard at general term . The action was for the recovery of a printer's bill , and was tried before Mr. Justice PAINE and a jury , in April , 1852 , and a verdict rendered for the plaintiff for $ 152.80 ...
... bill of exceptions ordered to be heard at general term . The action was for the recovery of a printer's bill , and was tried before Mr. Justice PAINE and a jury , in April , 1852 , and a verdict rendered for the plaintiff for $ 152.80 ...
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... bill for the printing of the pamphlet , and applied to them for the settle- ment of it . Mr. Stringer looked at it ... bill of particulars annexed to the complaint , that the plaintiff's bill for printing the second edition amounted to ...
... bill for the printing of the pamphlet , and applied to them for the settle- ment of it . Mr. Stringer looked at it ... bill of particulars annexed to the complaint , that the plaintiff's bill for printing the second edition amounted to ...
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... bill against them , but as a person deputed by him to exercise the authority he had been vested with by Mr. Upton ... bill for printing the second edition only , for which he alleges the defendants contracted with him , he was bound to ...
... bill against them , but as a person deputed by him to exercise the authority he had been vested with by Mr. Upton ... bill for printing the second edition only , for which he alleges the defendants contracted with him , he was bound to ...
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... bill of lading under which it had been shipped from Philadelphia to New York , consigned to the plaintiff . The sureties in that action having been excepted to , the defendant having , as sheriff , the papers by which it was commenced ...
... bill of lading under which it had been shipped from Philadelphia to New York , consigned to the plaintiff . The sureties in that action having been excepted to , the defendant having , as sheriff , the papers by which it was commenced ...
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... bill was sustained on such grounds , where the debt owing by the defendants was not due at the time the bill was filed . In Lindsay v . Jackson , 2d Paige , 584 , a set - off was decreed , but the demand against the defendant was due ...
... bill was sustained on such grounds , where the debt owing by the defendants was not due at the time the bill was filed . In Lindsay v . Jackson , 2d Paige , 584 , a set - off was decreed , but the demand against the defendant was due ...
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accord and satisfaction admitted agent agreement alleged amount answer appear April assessed assignment authority averred Bank barque bill bill of exchange bond BOSWORTH camphene cargo cause of action cent charge charter-party checks claim Code complaint Connecticut contract costs court of equity covenant creditors damages debt debtor decision defendant delivered demand demurrer denied dollars DUER duty endorsed entitled evidence execution facts freight given ground Heubach Brothers Holsman insured interest issue John judge judgment jury Justice Justice Paine lease levy liable lien Mayor ment Mollmann mortgage motion notice nulla bona objection owner paid parties payable payment person plaintiff pleadings possession premises promissory note proof proved purchase question reason received recover remit set-off sheriff ship Smith sold special term statute suit sureties testified testimony thereof tiff tion trial usage verdict vessel Wend Westervelt witness York
Popular passages
Page 642 - 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 666 - The court may determine any controversy between parties before it, when it can be done without prejudice to the rights of others, or by saving their rights ; but when a complete determination of the controversy cannot be had without the presence of other parties, the court must order them to be brought in.
Page 108 - All deeds of gift, all conveyances, and all transfers or assignments, verbal or written, of goods, chattels, or things in action, made in trust for the use of the person making the same, shall be void as against the creditors, existing or subsequent, of such person.
Page 91 - ... together with all and singular the tenements, hereditaments, and appurtenances, thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining, and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, rents, issues, and profits thereof; and also all the estate, right, title, interest.
Page 467 - The defendant may set forth by answer as many defences and counter-claims as he may have, whether they be such as have been heretofore denominated legal or equitable, or both.
Page 495 - No rule in the interpretation of a policy is more fully established, or more imperative and controlling, than that which declares that in all cases it must be liberally construed in favor of the insured, so as not to defeat, without a plain necessity, his claim to the Indemnity which, In making the insurance, it was his object to secure.
Page 429 - It is thoroughly settled, because universally held, that a wife has an insurable interest in the life of her husband, and...
Page 538 - ... upon such terms and conditions as in his judgment may appear best, and most for the interest of the parties concerned...
Page 627 - Persons severally liable upon the same obligation or instrument, including the parties to bills of exchange and promissory notes, and sureties on the same or separate instruments, may all or any of them be included in the same action, at the option of the plaintiff...
Page 440 - ... in witness whereof the said parties to these presents have hereunto interchangeably set their hands and seals, the day and year first above written.