Southern Reporter, Volume 115West Publishing Company, 1928 - Law reports, digests, etc Includes the decisions of the Supreme Courts of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi, the Appellate Courts of Alabama and, Sept. 1928/Jan. 1929-Jan./Mar. 1941, the Courts of Appeal of Louisiana. |
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Page 14
... reasonably sat- isfied that part of consideration for original note was dismissal or termination of prose- cutions against maker , held properly refused as invading jury's province . 7. New trial 68 - Evidence held not so man- ifestly ...
... reasonably sat- isfied that part of consideration for original note was dismissal or termination of prose- cutions against maker , held properly refused as invading jury's province . 7. New trial 68 - Evidence held not so man- ifestly ...
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... reasonable rentals along the disputed boundary , and the necessity of having the same definitely determined before ... reasonable ap- prehension of actual violence on his part to- ward her , " held not to show that husband had committed ...
... reasonable rentals along the disputed boundary , and the necessity of having the same definitely determined before ... reasonable ap- prehension of actual violence on his part to- ward her , " held not to show that husband had committed ...
Page 28
... reasonable apprehension of actual violence on his part toward her . " ( Italics supplied . ) [ 3 ] Aiding these averments with every rea- sonable intendment , as a matter of construc- tion , they fall far short of showing , or tend- ing ...
... reasonable apprehension of actual violence on his part toward her . " ( Italics supplied . ) [ 3 ] Aiding these averments with every rea- sonable intendment , as a matter of construc- tion , they fall far short of showing , or tend- ing ...
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... reasonably safe condition for invitees . It is duty of owner of premises to be rea- sonably sure that one is not ... reasonable pains and pre- cautions to guard excavation to prevent injury to children invited to its premises . 6 ...
... reasonably safe condition for invitees . It is duty of owner of premises to be rea- sonably sure that one is not ... reasonable pains and pre- cautions to guard excavation to prevent injury to children invited to its premises . 6 ...
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... reasonable diligence , and that , if it did not know that the same was dan- gerous for children of immature years ... reasonable dili- gence to adopt reasonable and proper safe- guards to protect plaintiff from the danger of falling into ...
... reasonable diligence , and that , if it did not know that the same was dan- gerous for children of immature years ... reasonable dili- gence to adopt reasonable and proper safe- guards to protect plaintiff from the danger of falling into ...
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Page 266 - State, subject only to the two restrictions, that the taxation shall not be at a greater rate than is assessed upon other moneyed capital in the hands of individual citizens of such State...
Page 327 - The fundamental theory of liberty upon which all governments in this Union repose excludes any general power of the State to standardize its children by forcing them to accept instruction from public teachers only. The child is not the mere creature of the State; those who nurture him and direct his destiny have the right, coupled with the high duty, to recognize and prepare him for additional obligations.
Page 236 - ... things, from such breach of contract itself, or such as may reasonably be supposed to have been in the contemplation of both parties, at the time they made the contract, as the probable result of the breach of it.
Page 236 - Where two parties have made a contract which one of them has broken, the damages which the other party ought to receive in respect of such breach of contract should be such as may fairly and reasonably be considered either arising naturally...
Page 454 - It is a familiar canon of construction that a thing which is within the intention of the makers of a statute is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter; and a thing which is within the letter of the statute is not within the statute unless it be within the intention of the makers.
Page 450 - Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's.
Page 450 - Code undertook to abolish these distinctions by enacting that "every act whatever of man that causes damage to another, obliges him by whose fault it happened to repair it.
Page 457 - Every patent shall contain a short title or description of the invention or discovery, correctly indicating its nature and design, and a grant to the patentee, his heirs or assigns, for the term of seventeen years, of the exclusive right to make, use, and vend the invention or discovery throughout the United States and the Territories thereof, referring to the specification for the particulars thereof.
Page 454 - A thing may be within the letter of a statute and not within its meaning, and within its meaning though not within its letter. The intention of the lawmaker is the law.
Page 455 - All laws should receive a sensible construction. General terms should be so limited in their application as not to lead to injustice, oppression, or an absurd consequence. It will always, therefore, be presumed that the legislature intended exceptions to its language, which would avoid results of this character. The reason of the law in such cases should prevail over its letter.