Practice Reports in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, Volume 20Joel Munsell, 1860 - Civil procedure |
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... answer to interfere with a present vested interest of an entirely different character . The debt of McConochie & Co. is not disputed ; the validity of their lien ( whether legal or equitable is not material ) is not controverted . The ...
... answer to interfere with a present vested interest of an entirely different character . The debt of McConochie & Co. is not disputed ; the validity of their lien ( whether legal or equitable is not material ) is not controverted . The ...
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... answer , but failed to do so within the time limited . The plaintiff now moved for judgment on account of the frivolousness of the demurrer . The defendant , William Whittelsey , at the same time moved for leave to withdraw the demurrer ...
... answer , but failed to do so within the time limited . The plaintiff now moved for judgment on account of the frivolousness of the demurrer . The defendant , William Whittelsey , at the same time moved for leave to withdraw the demurrer ...
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... answer . Conceding it to be true , that the pleader inter- posed it in the honest belief that it might be available , yet it clearly could not have been done in the expectation of disposing of the cause on its merits . It , therefore ...
... answer . Conceding it to be true , that the pleader inter- posed it in the honest belief that it might be available , yet it clearly could not have been done in the expectation of disposing of the cause on its merits . It , therefore ...
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... answer in twenty days , on payment of costs . NEW YORK COMMON PLEAS . GEORGE MARTIN agt . THE MAYOR , Aldermen , anD COMMON- ALTY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK . H. F. GILMORE agt . THE SAME . SAMUEL NUSAM agt . THE SAME . OLIVER VALENTINE ...
... answer in twenty days , on payment of costs . NEW YORK COMMON PLEAS . GEORGE MARTIN agt . THE MAYOR , Aldermen , anD COMMON- ALTY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK . H. F. GILMORE agt . THE SAME . SAMUEL NUSAM agt . THE SAME . OLIVER VALENTINE ...
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... answer in writing . The issue was tried by the justice on the 23d of October , 1857 , and the justice found and rendered judgment against defendant , and in favor of the plaintiff , for $ 22.53 , and costs , $ 2.08 . The defendant ...
... answer in writing . The issue was tried by the justice on the 23d of October , 1857 , and the justice found and rendered judgment against defendant , and in favor of the plaintiff , for $ 22.53 , and costs , $ 2.08 . The defendant ...
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Page 120 - The governor shall have the power to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons after conviction, for all offenses, except treason and cases of impeachment, upon such conditions and with such restrictions and limitations as he may think proper, subject to such regulations as may be provided by law relative to the manner of applying for pardons.
Page 350 - The relief granted to the plaintiff, if there be no answer, cannot exceed that which he shall have demanded in his complaint; but in any other case, the court may grant him any relief consistent with the case made by the complaint and embraced within the issue.
Page 233 - Judgment may be given for or against one or more of several plaintiffs, and for or against one or more of several defendants; and it may, when the justice of the case requires it, determine the ultimate rights of the parties on each side, as between themselves.
Page 256 - The court may, before, or after judgment, in furtherance of justice, and on such terms as may be proper, amend any pleading, process, or proceeding, by adding or striking out the name of any party, or by correcting a mistake in the name of a party, or a mistake in any other respect...
Page 156 - That every contract made for or about any matter or thing which is prohibited and made unlawful by any statute is a void contract, though the statute itself doth not mention that it shall be so, but only inflicts a penalty on the offender, because a penalty implies a prohibition, though there are no prohibitory words in the statute...
Page 31 - The judges of the Court of Appeals and justices of the Supreme Court shall severally receive at stated times for their services, a compensation to be established by law, which shall not be increased or diminished during their continuance in office.
Page 186 - ... per cent. of its capital, after deducting the assessed value of its real estate, and all shares of stock in other corporations actually owned by such company which are taxable upon their capital stock under the laws of this state, shall be assessed at its actual value and taxed in the same manner as the other real and personal estate of the county.
Page 81 - No member of this state shall be disfranchised, or deprived of any of the rights or privileges secured to any citizen thereof, unless by the law of the land or the judgment of his peers.
Page 340 - A judgment by confession may be entered without action, either for money due or to become due, or to secure any person against contingent liability on behalf of the defendant, or both, in the manner prescribed by this Chapter.
Page 60 - ... and the judgment of the court thereon shall be as valid and effectual in all respects as if the same had been rendered in a suit commenced by ordinary process.