Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Florida, Volume 19 |
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Page 41
... authority were defied . The Judge dis- claimed any combination of the character charged . There was no evidence of such combination , and the court was obliged to take such action as was necessary to preserve its own respect and enforce ...
... authority were defied . The Judge dis- claimed any combination of the character charged . There was no evidence of such combination , and the court was obliged to take such action as was necessary to preserve its own respect and enforce ...
Page 52
... authorities say he could reclaim the property even after their removal to any other place , because they were still his property . The argument of counsel for defendant is that the plaintiff ought not to profit by the labor of the ...
... authorities say he could reclaim the property even after their removal to any other place , because they were still his property . The argument of counsel for defendant is that the plaintiff ought not to profit by the labor of the ...
Page 54
... authority in this country the defendant in trover cannot set up the title of a third person in defense , unless he , in some manner , connects him- self with that title . Duncan vs. Spear , II Wend . , 54 : Weymouth vs. C. & N. W. R. Co ...
... authority in this country the defendant in trover cannot set up the title of a third person in defense , unless he , in some manner , connects him- self with that title . Duncan vs. Spear , II Wend . , 54 : Weymouth vs. C. & N. W. R. Co ...
Page 61
... authorities of that State had long exercised the usual powers of government , may be received as evidence in the ... authority of the States of Georgia and Flor- ida , having been adopted by the Legislatures of the two States on the ...
... authorities of that State had long exercised the usual powers of government , may be received as evidence in the ... authority of the States of Georgia and Flor- ida , having been adopted by the Legislatures of the two States on the ...
Page 67
... authorities before arguing the case , and by consent of defendant's counsel the court adjourned as requested for this purpose , but plaintiff's counsel instead of having authorities had sent to Georgia for a witness , and insisted on ...
... authorities before arguing the case , and by consent of defendant's counsel the court adjourned as requested for this purpose , but plaintiff's counsel instead of having authorities had sent to Georgia for a witness , and insisted on ...
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Page 172 - If a person entitled to bring an action die before the expiration of the time limited for the commencement thereof, and the cause of action...
Page 921 - In testimony whereof, the said parties of the first part have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written.
Page 530 - In the first place, the people, in framing the Constitution, committed to the legislature the whole law-making power of the State, which they did not expressly or impliedly withhold. Plenary power in the legislature for all purposes of civil government is the rule. A prohibition to exercise a particular power is an exception.
Page 493 - ... and thereupon the persons who have so subscribed such articles of association, and all persons who shall become stockholders in such company...
Page 269 - All general laws and special acts passed pursuant to this section, may be altered from time to time or repealed.
Page 591 - The General Assembly shall not grant to any citizen, or class of citizens, privileges or immunities, which, upon the same terms, shall not equally belong to all citizens.
Page 531 - 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 270 - The general assembly shall provide such revenue as may be needful by levying a tax, by valuation, so that every person and corporation shall pay a tax in proportion to the value of his, her or its property...
Page 668 - It is a principle universally declared and admitted that municipal corporations can levy no taxes, general or special, upon the inhabitants or their property, unless the power be plainly and unmistakably conferred.
Page 876 - ... to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.