California Legal Record, Volume 1F. A. Scofield & Company, 1878 - Law |
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... assessments imposed upon it , and the respondent would have an interest in seeing that they were properly discharged , because after Dowd's election Clark would hold the legal title of the land as security for the payment of the ...
... assessments imposed upon it , and the respondent would have an interest in seeing that they were properly discharged , because after Dowd's election Clark would hold the legal title of the land as security for the payment of the ...
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... assessing the damages at $ 10,000 . Defendant's motion for a new trial being denied , this appeal is taken . Certain instructions to the jury were excepted to by the defendant , —and others requested by defendant were refused , which ...
... assessing the damages at $ 10,000 . Defendant's motion for a new trial being denied , this appeal is taken . Certain instructions to the jury were excepted to by the defendant , —and others requested by defendant were refused , which ...
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... assessment books for those years , but prescribing that the tax levied under this act should not be collected from per- sons who had paid the tax declared unconstitutional by this Court , whose names and property should be excluded from ...
... assessment books for those years , but prescribing that the tax levied under this act should not be collected from per- sons who had paid the tax declared unconstitutional by this Court , whose names and property should be excluded from ...
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... assess- ment as mortgage liens are enforced . " It is claimed on the part of appellant that this suit was not brought in either of the modes prescribed , and if it were , the Act of March 28 , 1874 is unconstitutional and void , being ...
... assess- ment as mortgage liens are enforced . " It is claimed on the part of appellant that this suit was not brought in either of the modes prescribed , and if it were , the Act of March 28 , 1874 is unconstitutional and void , being ...
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... assessments made by the city , under an Act of Legisla- ture to construct a main sewer , approved March , 23d , 1874. Bonds were authorized to be issued by that act , and this assessment was levied on the prop- erty of the certain ...
... assessments made by the city , under an Act of Legisla- ture to construct a main sewer , approved March , 23d , 1874. Bonds were authorized to be issued by that act , and this assessment was levied on the prop- erty of the certain ...
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Page 83 - An action may be brought by any person against another who claims an estate or interest in real property, adverse to him, for the purpose of determining such adverse claim...
Page 344 - In a civil Court the death of a human being could not be complained of as an injury; and in this case the damages to the plaintiff's wife must stop with the period of her existence.
Page 75 - That whenever by priority of possession rights to the use of water for mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes have vested and accrued and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same...
Page 64 - It is a well settled rule that a witness cannot be cross-examined as to any fact which is collateral and irrelevant to the issue, merely for the purpose of contradicting him by other evidence, if he should deny it, thereby to discredit his testimony.
Page 361 - The principle is, that where the owner of two tenements sells one of them, or the owner of an entire estate sells a portion, the purchaser takes the tenement or portion sold with all the benefits and burdens which appear at the time of the sale to belong to it, as between it and the property which the vendor retains.
Page 340 - The General Assembly shall provide such revenue as may be needful, by levying a tax, by valuation, so that every person and corporation shall pay a tax in proportion to the value of his, her, or its property...
Page 360 - An act granting the right of way to ditch and canal owners over the public lands, and for other purposes...
Page 290 - States, valuable chiefly for timber, but unfit for cultivation, and which have not been offered at public sale, according to law, may be sold to citizens of the United States, or persons who have declared their intention to become such...
Page 218 - That this act shall not delay the sale of any of the public lands of the United States beyond the time which has been, or may be, appointed by the proclamation of the President, nor shall the provisions of this act be available to any person or persons who shall fail to make the proof and payment, and file the affidavit required before the day appointed for the commencement of the sales as aforesaid.
Page 240 - The constitutional guaranty of the right of the people to be secure in their papers against unreasonable searches and seizures extends to their papers, thus closed against inspection, wherever they may be. Whilst in the mail, they can only be opened and examined under like warrant, issued upon similar oath or affirmation, particularly describing the thing to be seized, as is required when papers are subjected to search in one's own household.