Practice Reports in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, Volume 20Joel Munsell, 1860 - Civil procedure |
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... ground which has since been repeatedly confirmed , that the power was conferred not upon the judges as individuals , but upon the court ; that their action in the matter was to be regarded as judicial , and that all the ordinary ...
... ground which has since been repeatedly confirmed , that the power was conferred not upon the judges as individuals , but upon the court ; that their action in the matter was to be regarded as judicial , and that all the ordinary ...
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... ground that the act of removal was a judicial act . Chief Justice TANEY said : " We are not aware of any case where a man- damus has issued to an inferior tribunal , commanding it to reverse or annul its decision when the decision was ...
... ground that the act of removal was a judicial act . Chief Justice TANEY said : " We are not aware of any case where a man- damus has issued to an inferior tribunal , commanding it to reverse or annul its decision when the decision was ...
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... grounds . which will be stated more at large hereafter , and on the understanding that these admissions are not to be consid- ered as at all conclusive as to future applications of a similar character . SUPREME COURT . THE BANK OF ...
... grounds . which will be stated more at large hereafter , and on the understanding that these admissions are not to be consid- ered as at all conclusive as to future applications of a similar character . SUPREME COURT . THE BANK OF ...
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... ground that they were irregular , and the plaintiff moved for leave to file the bail piece nunc pro tunc . The court ... grounds of the motion , was not guilty of laches , in not making it before the regular time had expired , and gave ...
... ground that they were irregular , and the plaintiff moved for leave to file the bail piece nunc pro tunc . The court ... grounds of the motion , was not guilty of laches , in not making it before the regular time had expired , and gave ...
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... ground that it did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action . He subsequently obtained a consent that he might withdraw the demurrer and answer , but failed to do so within the time limited . The plaintiff now moved ...
... ground that it did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action . He subsequently obtained a consent that he might withdraw the demurrer and answer , but failed to do so within the time limited . The plaintiff now moved ...
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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.