The American Reports: Containing All Decisions of General Interest Decided in the Courts of Last Resort of the Several States with Notes and References, Volume 13Bancroft-Whitney, 1875 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... Railroad Co .... Lancaster Bank v . Smith .. 328 , 329 Larison & Hoppock , Adm's , v . Lambert , 419 589 , 591 Lowell v . Boston & Lowell R. R. , 14 , 16 , 17 642 , 646 Lycoming County Ins . Co. v . Updegraff , 410 Mac Andrew v . E ...
... Railroad Co .... Lancaster Bank v . Smith .. 328 , 329 Larison & Hoppock , Adm's , v . Lambert , 419 589 , 591 Lowell v . Boston & Lowell R. R. , 14 , 16 , 17 642 , 646 Lycoming County Ins . Co. v . Updegraff , 410 Mac Andrew v . E ...
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... Railroad in 1849. Upon examining the case in 23 Pick . , it will be seen that there is no discussion of the ... railroad corporation is liable for the negligence of workmen employed by an individual who had contracted to construct a ...
... Railroad in 1849. Upon examining the case in 23 Pick . , it will be seen that there is no discussion of the ... railroad corporation is liable for the negligence of workmen employed by an individual who had contracted to construct a ...
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... Railroad , 23 Pick . 24 , he says : " The defendants had been authorized by their charter to construct a railroad from Boston to Lowell four rods wide through the whole length . They were authorized to cross turnpikes or other highways ...
... Railroad , 23 Pick . 24 , he says : " The defendants had been authorized by their charter to construct a railroad from Boston to Lowell four rods wide through the whole length . They were authorized to cross turnpikes or other highways ...
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... Railroad ; and our case of Stone v . Cheshire Railroad would stand well upon the same ground , without invoking the authority of Bush v . Stein- man . The case of Wiswall v . Brinson , 10 Iredell , 554 , is admitted to sustain the ...
... Railroad ; and our case of Stone v . Cheshire Railroad would stand well upon the same ground , without invoking the authority of Bush v . Stein- man . The case of Wiswall v . Brinson , 10 Iredell , 554 , is admitted to sustain the ...
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... Railroad Co. , 10 Am . Rep . 559 ( 51 N. Y. 61 ) , where defendant transported hogs for plaintiff , under a contract that plaintiff should assume the risks of all injuries to the hogs in consequence of heat , etc. , and some of the hogs ...
... Railroad Co. , 10 Am . Rep . 559 ( 51 N. Y. 61 ) , where defendant transported hogs for plaintiff , under a contract that plaintiff should assume the risks of all injuries to the hogs in consequence of heat , etc. , and some of the hogs ...
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Page 22 - The records and judicial proceedings of the courts of any state or territory, or of any such country, shall be proved or admitted in any other court within the United States, by the attestation of the clerk, and the seal of the court annexed, if there be a seal, together with a certificate of the judge, chief justice or presiding magistrate, that the said attestation is in due form.
Page 309 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said territory as to the citizens of the United States and those of any other state that may be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax, impost or duty therefor.
Page 264 - Those rivers must be regarded as public navigable rivers in law which are navigable in fact. And they are navigable in fact when they are used, or are susceptible of being used, in their ordinary condition, as highways for commerce, over which trade and travel are or may be conducted in the customary modes of trade and travel on water.
Page 302 - Having no absolute right of recognition in other States, but depending for such recognition and the enforcement of its contracts upon their assent, it follows, as a matter of course, that such assent may be granted upon such terms and conditions as those States may think proper to impose. They may exclude the foreign corporation entirely ; they may restrict its business to particular localities, or they may exact such security for the performance of its contracts with their citizens as in their judgment...
Page 505 - The killing of a human being, unless it is excusable or justifiable, is murder in the first degree, when committed : 1. From a deliberate and premeditated design to effect the death of the person killed, or of another ; or 2.
Page 241 - That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences...
Page 241 - The general assembly shall make such provisions, by taxation or otherwise, as, with the income arising from the school trust fund, will secure a thorough and efficient system of common schools throughout the state ; but no religious or other sect, or sects, shall ever have any exclusive right to, or control of, any part of the school funds of this state.
Page 45 - The law charges this person thus entrusted to carry goods, against all events, but Acts of God, and of the enemies of the King. For though the force be never so great, as if an irresistible multitude of people should rob him, nevertheless he is chargeable.
Page 707 - Fourth, such as it shall purchase at sales under judgments, decrees, or mortgages held by the association, or shall purchase to secure debts to it. But no such association shall hold the possession of any real estate under mortgage, or the title and possession of any real estate purchased to secure any debts due to it for a longer period than five years.
Page 646 - House, but may be amended or rejected by the other; and on the final passage of all bills they shall be read at length, and the vote shall be by yeas and nays upon each bill separately, and shall be entered on the Journal ; and no bill shall become a law without the concurrence of a majority of the members elected to each House.