The American Jurist and Law Magazine, Volume 6; Volume 24Freeman & Bolles, 1843 - Law |
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... object for they often cut a sorry figure beyond its sphere , but those who combine with the diligent and con- scientious discharge of its duties a fair proportion of the acquirements or qualities which are appreciated in society ...
... object for they often cut a sorry figure beyond its sphere , but those who combine with the diligent and con- scientious discharge of its duties a fair proportion of the acquirements or qualities which are appreciated in society ...
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... object of the rule in Shelley's case is to create an estate tail , when an estate for life is expressly given , with such subsequent limitations as denote an intention to give an estate to the first taker , with the incidents of an ...
... object of the rule in Shelley's case is to create an estate tail , when an estate for life is expressly given , with such subsequent limitations as denote an intention to give an estate to the first taker , with the incidents of an ...
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... object is to prevent inconsistency , and to carry into effect the substantial purpose of the conveyance . They are never applied where another intention is consistent throughout , and can be sustained without overthrowing the principal ...
... object is to prevent inconsistency , and to carry into effect the substantial purpose of the conveyance . They are never applied where another intention is consistent throughout , and can be sustained without overthrowing the principal ...
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principal object of the testator . In the case of Jetson v . Wright , the intention was the same as if the testator had provided that the children should take as tenants in com- mon by purchase as heirs of the body of W. , provided the ...
principal object of the testator . In the case of Jetson v . Wright , the intention was the same as if the testator had provided that the children should take as tenants in com- mon by purchase as heirs of the body of W. , provided the ...
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... object . Such will always be the case : 1. when the first estate is devised in fee simple , and there is a devise over on failure of issue , and the chil- dren of the first devisee survive , but die without issue ; 2. when the first ...
... object . Such will always be the case : 1. when the first estate is devised in fee simple , and there is a devise over on failure of issue , and the chil- dren of the first devisee survive , but die without issue ; 2. when the first ...
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Page 454 - A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law. it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly, or as incidental to its very existence.
Page 441 - An act to provide for the better security of the lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam...
Page 259 - The sober people of America are weary of the fluctuating policy which has directed the public councils. They have seen with regret and with indignation that sudden changes and legislative interferences in cases affecting personal rights become jobs in the hands of enterprising and influential speculators, and snares to the more industrious and less informed part of the community.
Page 268 - This is plainly a contract to which the donors, the trustees, and the crown (to whose rights and obligations New Hampshire succeeds) were the original parties. It is a contract made on a valuable consideration. It is a contract for the security and disposition of property. It is a contract on the faith of which real and personal estate has been conveyed to the corporation.
Page 458 - ... a party has no right to cross-examine any witness except as to facts and circumstances connected with the matters stated In his direct examination. If he wishes to -examine him as to other matters, he must do so by making the witness his own, and calling him, as such, in the subsequent progress of the cause.
Page 26 - Till subdued by age and illness, his conversation was more brilliant and instructive than that of any human being I ever had the good fortune to be acquainted with. His memory (vast and prodigious as it was) he so managed as to make it a source of pleasure and instruction, rather than that dreadful engine of colloquial oppression into which it is sometimes erected.
Page 31 - Why should Honesty fly to some safer retreat, From attorneys and barges, *od rot 'em ? For the lawyers are just at the top of the street, And the barges are just at the bottom.
Page 167 - Benjamin, that a contract for the sale of goods to be delivered at a future day is valid, even though the seller has not the goods nor any other means of getting them than to go into the market and buy them...
Page 446 - The mode of conducting trials, the order of introducing evidence, and the times when it is to be introduced, are, properly, matters belonging to the practice of the Circuit Courts, with which this Court ought not to interfere...
Page 201 - ... it is too late to object to the jurisdiction of the Court, on the ground that the plaintiff has an adequate remedy at law, which he might have pursued.