Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Volume 1Banks & Bros., 1870 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... claim in such case is to recoup damages . PLAINTIFF brought suit in a Justices ' Court on a special contract for work , labor and services in digging a field of potatoes . The answer was a general denial , and an allegation that the ...
... claim in such case is to recoup damages . PLAINTIFF brought suit in a Justices ' Court on a special contract for work , labor and services in digging a field of potatoes . The answer was a general denial , and an allegation that the ...
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... claims collected by him , and was authorized to do so if he thought necessary , and that on his settlement with plaintiffs he was asked by one of them if certain deductions made were necessary in order to collect the claims , and , upon ...
... claims collected by him , and was authorized to do so if he thought necessary , and that on his settlement with plaintiffs he was asked by one of them if certain deductions made were necessary in order to collect the claims , and , upon ...
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... claim ; and the auditor having drawn a warrant in favor of the relator , directing the treasurer to pay by check on ... claiming the right to specify the bank from which the funds should be so drawn . The treasurer refused to comply with ...
... claim ; and the auditor having drawn a warrant in favor of the relator , directing the treasurer to pay by check on ... claiming the right to specify the bank from which the funds should be so drawn . The treasurer refused to comply with ...
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... claim , and the said auditor shall countersign the said checks so drawn , and enter the same as required by law ... claims upon the canal fund ; for it was then at least deemed prudent , if not actually necessary , to procure the ...
... claim , and the said auditor shall countersign the said checks so drawn , and enter the same as required by law ... claims upon the canal fund ; for it was then at least deemed prudent , if not actually necessary , to procure the ...
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... claim . The term counter - claim , as used by the Code , comprehends recoupment and set - off . Per BOARDMAN , J. THE essential controversy grew out of a sum of $ 115 , belonging two - thirds to plaintiff and one - third to defendant ...
... claim . The term counter - claim , as used by the Code , comprehends recoupment and set - off . Per BOARDMAN , J. THE essential controversy grew out of a sum of $ 115 , belonging two - thirds to plaintiff and one - third to defendant ...
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Page 62 - 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.
Page 498 - That he is the petitioner herein; that he has read the foregoing petition and knows the contents thereof, and' that the same is true of his own knowledge, except as to the matters therein stated to be alleged on information and belief, and as to those matters he believes it to be true.
Page 468 - ... a court of record, and shall be entitled to the same fees for his services in executing the warrant, to be collected in the same manner.
Page 330 - Receiver cannot be appointed ex parte before the defendant has had an opportunity to be heard in relation to his rights...
Page 318 - When any person shall usurp, intrude into, or unlawfully hold or exercise any public office, civil or military, or any franchise within this State, or any office in a corporation created by the authority of this State ; or, 2.
Page 497 - An act to provide a national currency secured by a pledge of United States bonds, and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof...
Page 477 - ... that the sums mentioned in such account remain unpaid, and that he has not, upon diligent inquiry, been able to discover any goods or chattels, belonging to, or in the possession of the persons charged with, or liable to pay such sums, whereon he could levy the same, he shall be credited by the county treasurer with the amount thereof.
Page 503 - And where a suit is now pending, or may be hereafter brought, in any state court, in which there is a controversy between a citizen of the state in which the suit is brought and a citizen of another state...
Page 319 - Code (§ 253) provides that an issue of fact in an action for the recovery of money only, or of specific real or personal property...
Page 272 - 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.