The Northwestern Reporter, Volume 59West Publishing Company, 1894 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... witness , incompetent , and immaterial , and not calling for any conversation , but simply calling for a statement of the wit- ness as to the contract between the parties . Overruled , and defendant excepts . ) " The argument is that ...
... witness , incompetent , and immaterial , and not calling for any conversation , but simply calling for a statement of the wit- ness as to the contract between the parties . Overruled , and defendant excepts . ) " The argument is that ...
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... witness fees . " The case of Cushman v . Washington Co. , 45 Iowa , 255 , arose under that section , and it was therein decided that the coroner , or the justice acting in his absence , was the officer or tribunal exclusively charged ...
... witness fees . " The case of Cushman v . Washington Co. , 45 Iowa , 255 , arose under that section , and it was therein decided that the coroner , or the justice acting in his absence , was the officer or tribunal exclusively charged ...
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... witness ' opinion as to testator's sanity is based entitle him to express his opinion to the jury . 3. Witness testified that he had not con- versed with testator since October , 1887 ; that since that time he had only noticed his gait ...
... witness ' opinion as to testator's sanity is based entitle him to express his opinion to the jury . 3. Witness testified that he had not con- versed with testator since October , 1887 ; that since that time he had only noticed his gait ...
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... witness is asked to contrast the de- ceased's condition at a time not fixed nor limited with his mental condition as it had been in prior years . Again , in another ques- tion , no time is fixed as to when the witness was asked to say ...
... witness is asked to contrast the de- ceased's condition at a time not fixed nor limited with his mental condition as it had been in prior years . Again , in another ques- tion , no time is fixed as to when the witness was asked to say ...
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... Witness Kohl was asked touching Butcher's mental condition . The question objected to did not limit the opin- ion of the witness to the times he had seen the testator , but covered the entire last two or three years of his life . The ...
... Witness Kohl was asked touching Butcher's mental condition . The question objected to did not limit the opin- ion of the witness to the times he had seen the testator , but covered the entire last two or three years of his life . The ...
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Page 363 - THAT all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Page 196 - In an action against several defendants, the court may, in its discretion, render judgment against one or more of them, leaving the action to proceed against the others, whenever a several judgment may be proper.
Page 5 - It is but a decent respect due to the wisdom, the integrity, and the patriotism of the legislative body by which any law is passed, to presume in favor of its validity, until its violation of the constitution is proved beyond all reasonable doubt.
Page 310 - This action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries caused by the alleged negligence of the defendant.
Page 283 - That the defendant is about to dispose of his property with intent to defraud his creditors; or, 2.
Page 154 - ... every such conveyance not so recorded shall be void as against any subsequent purchaser, in good faith and for a valuable consideration of the same real estate, or any portion thereof, whose conveyance shall be first duly recorded.
Page 146 - Such association is authorized to enter upon, and construct, and maintain lines of telegraph through, along, and upon any of the public roads and highways, or across or under any of the waters within the limits of this state, by the erection of the necessary fixtures, including posts, piers, or abutments for sustaining the cords or wires of such lines: Provided...
Page 363 - The act is an infringement alike of the right of the employer and the employee; more than this, it is an insulting attempt to put the laborer under a legislative tutelage, which is not only degrading to his manhood, but subversive of his rights as a citizen of the United States. He may sell his labor for what he thinks best, whether money or goods, just as his employer may sell his iron or coal, and any and every law that proposes to prevent him from so doing is an infringement of his constitutional...
Page 374 - ... within sixty days after the fire, unless such time is extended in writing by this company, shall render a statement to this company, signed and sworn to by said insured, stating the knowledge and belief of the insured as to the time and origin of the fire; the interest of the insured and of all others in the property; the cash value of each item thereof, and the amount of loss thereon...
Page 297 - No association shall make any loan or discount on the security of the shares of its own capital stock, nor be the purchaser or holder of any such shares, unless such security or purchase shall be necessary to prevent loss upon a debt previously contracted in good faith...