Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Florida, Volume 19 |
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Page 180
... complainant's bill on a hearing on bill and answer . That in such a proceeding the answer is to be accepted as absolutely true . ( See 13 Metcalf , 356 ; Brinckerhoff vs. Brown , 7 John . Chancery , 217 ; and 2 Conn . , 18. ) The reason ...
... complainant's bill on a hearing on bill and answer . That in such a proceeding the answer is to be accepted as absolutely true . ( See 13 Metcalf , 356 ; Brinckerhoff vs. Brown , 7 John . Chancery , 217 ; and 2 Conn . , 18. ) The reason ...
Page 181
... complainants to suc- cessfully contend that James Ward had any interest in that money . Complainant has chosen , by subinitting on bill and answer , to shut out all explanation of the signing of that note by James Ward ; in so doing he ...
... complainants to suc- cessfully contend that James Ward had any interest in that money . Complainant has chosen , by subinitting on bill and answer , to shut out all explanation of the signing of that note by James Ward ; in so doing he ...
Page 192
... complainant recovered a judgment in the Circuit Court in said county against the defendant for the sum of two hundred and twenty dollars damages and five dollars and seventy - one cents costs ; that on the 24th of March , 1882 ...
... complainant recovered a judgment in the Circuit Court in said county against the defendant for the sum of two hundred and twenty dollars damages and five dollars and seventy - one cents costs ; that on the 24th of March , 1882 ...
Page 193
... complainant and other par- ties for goods and merchandise ; that he borrowed $ 180 , and that he earned $ 20 by playing the violin ; that this $ 200 he paid for said lot , and he denies that any part of the purchase - money was derived ...
... complainant and other par- ties for goods and merchandise ; that he borrowed $ 180 , and that he earned $ 20 by playing the violin ; that this $ 200 he paid for said lot , and he denies that any part of the purchase - money was derived ...
Page 194
... complainant's bill ; that the sills for such building had been drawn and deposited upon the said lot , and that the erection of such homestead was only delayed by commencement of this action by the complain- ant . The bill alleges that ...
... complainant's bill ; that the sills for such building had been drawn and deposited upon the said lot , and that the erection of such homestead was only delayed by commencement of this action by the complain- ant . The bill alleges that ...
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Popular passages
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.