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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... question arising upon these facts is , were these gifts to the daughters such advancements as constituted valid charges against them , in the settlement of the estate ? An advancement is an irrevocable gift by a parent , who afterward ...
... question arising upon these facts is , were these gifts to the daughters such advancements as constituted valid charges against them , in the settlement of the estate ? An advancement is an irrevocable gift by a parent , who afterward ...
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... question is raised . But in those cases in which , by the completion of the bar , no remedy existed at the date of the schedule , did the convention have the power , in harmony with the provisions of the Federal constitution , to revive ...
... question is raised . But in those cases in which , by the completion of the bar , no remedy existed at the date of the schedule , did the convention have the power , in harmony with the provisions of the Federal constitution , to revive ...
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... question in a light that is unanswerable : " As to the circumstances under which a man may be said to have a vested right to a defense , it is somewhat difficult to lay down a comprehensive rule . He who has satisfied a demand cannot ...
... question in a light that is unanswerable : " As to the circumstances under which a man may be said to have a vested right to a defense , it is somewhat difficult to lay down a comprehensive rule . He who has satisfied a demand cannot ...
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... question is as to the effect of the judgment when proved , rather than as to the form of the proof . But the question here raised is fully discussed in Taylor v . Barron , 30 N. H. 78-95 , where it is held that all records and judicial ...
... question is as to the effect of the judgment when proved , rather than as to the form of the proof . But the question here raised is fully discussed in Taylor v . Barron , 30 N. H. 78-95 , where it is held that all records and judicial ...
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... question naturally presented by this case is , what kind of an interest or estate did Hannah Hersey take under her husband's will ? Was it a fee simple , or an estate for life . In considering this question , we resort , in the first ...
... question naturally presented by this case is , what kind of an interest or estate did Hannah Hersey take under her husband's will ? Was it a fee simple , or an estate for life . In considering this question , we resort , in the first ...
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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.