Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of California, Volume 56Bancroft-Whitney, 1887 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 40
... deceased , upon a sudden quarrel , engaged in a combat upon equal terms , and after the deceased had declined any further combat , but be- fore the passion engendered in the mind of John Crowey by the conflict had had time to cool ...
... deceased , upon a sudden quarrel , engaged in a combat upon equal terms , and after the deceased had declined any further combat , but be- fore the passion engendered in the mind of John Crowey by the conflict had had time to cool ...
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... deceased by the use of a deadly weapon , without regard to other circumstances . * " As an abstract proposition , where the circumstance of a homicide are not known further than the mere fact that the death was caused by the use of a ...
... deceased by the use of a deadly weapon , without regard to other circumstances . * " As an abstract proposition , where the circumstance of a homicide are not known further than the mere fact that the death was caused by the use of a ...
Page 42
... deceased , and he may from sudden provocation have used his weapon , or he may have been forced to do so in self - defense , although he was the aggressor in the quarrel . The modification amounts to this : That although there must be a ...
... deceased , and he may from sudden provocation have used his weapon , or he may have been forced to do so in self - defense , although he was the aggressor in the quarrel . The modification amounts to this : That although there must be a ...
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... deceased husband , and before she had recovered from the shock which his death had occasioned , she was waited upon by two brothers and two brothers - in - law of her late husband , who were accompanied by an attorney and notary . They ...
... deceased husband , and before she had recovered from the shock which his death had occasioned , she was waited upon by two brothers and two brothers - in - law of her late husband , who were accompanied by an attorney and notary . They ...
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... deceased was at the time insane , or in such a state of mental imbecility as to render her entirely incapable of executing a valid deed . It is sufficient to show that , from her sickness and infirmities , she was at the time in a ...
... deceased was at the time insane , or in such a state of mental imbecility as to render her entirely incapable of executing a valid deed . It is sufficient to show that , from her sickness and infirmities , she was at the time in a ...
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Page 652 - No corporation shall issue stocks or bonds except for money, labor done, or money or property actually received, and all fictitious increase of stock or indebtedness shall be void.
Page 389 - ... another, his heirs or personal representatives may maintain an action for damages against the person causing the death, or if such person be employed by another person who is responsible for his conduct, then also against such other person. In every action under this and the preceding section, such damages may be given as under all the circumstances of the case, may be just.
Page 581 - All patents granted, or preemption or homesteads allowed, shall be subject to any vested and accrued water rights, or rights to ditches and reservoirs used in connection with such water rights, as may have been acquired under or recognized by the preceding section.
Page 329 - A criminal action prosecuted by indictment may be removed from the court in which it is pending, on the application of the defendant on the ground that a fair and impartial trial cannot be had in the county where the indictment is pending.
Page 544 - Judgment is demanded dismissing the complaint and for "such other and further relief in the premises as to the court may seem just.
Page 109 - The Legislature, by general and uniform laws, shall provide for the election or appointment, in the several counties, of Boards of Supervisors, Sheriffs, County Clerks, District Attorneys, and such other county, township, and municipal officers as public convenience may require, and shall prescribe their duties, and fix their terms of office.
Page 653 - That all laws in force at the adoption of this Constitution, not inconsistent therewith, shall remain in full force and effect until altered or repealed by the Legislature...
Page 200 - ... to equalize the valuation of the taxable property in the several counties of the State for the purposes of taxation. The Controller of State shall be ex officio a member of the Board. The Boards of Supervisors of the several counties of the State shall constitute Boards of Equalization for their respective counties, whose duty it shall be to equalize the valuation of the taxable property in the county for the purpose of taxation...
Page 329 - The court may, on motion, change the place of trial in the following cases: 1. When the county designated 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: 4.
Page 75 - Procedure as sufficient to bar an action for the recovery of the property confers a title thereto, denominated a title by prescription, which is sufficient against all.